As calls for peace talks grow, the focus is on the last formal negotiations between the two sides since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The negotiations took place in Turkey, and after the breakdown of the talks, both Russia and Ukraine rarely mentioned the specifics.
And after the Ukrainian negotiator Arakamiya made part of the content public, some details gradually appeared in front of the world.
The peace talks were mainly negotiated around the demilitarization of Ukraine and maintaining neutrality.
Including non-membership in NATO, the "Finlandization" of statehood, as well as limiting the military potential of Ukraine, and so on.
The Ukrainian side was willing to accept the agreement at that time, but it was eventually disrupted by the United States and the United Kingdom.
In retrospect, the West sabotaged the peace talks, but instead helped Russia achieve greater results.
Fyodor Lukyanov).
"Ukraine will regret it".
According to Russia's RT, Fyodor Lukyanov, chairman of the presidium of the Russian Foreign Affairs and State Policy Committee and director of research at the Valdai International Discussion Club, believes that the Ukrainian side will regret not signing a peace agreement with Russia.
He said that now Russia can make a more comprehensive assessment, because the specter of some kind of ceasefire negotiations is beginning to loom over the West, but the situation cannot go back to a year and a half ago.
Lukyanov stressed that now the situation has been simplified to a certain extent, and the problem will be resolved on the battlefield and the winner will be decided in the traditional way.
Lukyanov believes that sooner or later a political solution will emerge, depending on the ability of the West to learn from what has already happened.
Lukyanov means that in the previous negotiations with Ukraine, the Russian side needed to take into account the acceptance of all walks of life in Ukraine, and naturally there would be some compromises, but now that the face has been completely torn apart, and Russia has gained an advantage on the battlefield, then there is no need to consider too complicated factors, and it only needs to put forward conditions according to the purpose of the Russian side, and if it is not accepted, it will fight until the West learns a lesson.
Russia and Ukraine have held peace talks in Turkey).
Sabotage of peace talks helped Russia
After the peace talks were overturned by the Ukrainian authorities, the situation on the battlefield changed significantly, and when Russia withdrew its troops from the perimeter of Kyiv, morale was affected to a certain extent.
Later, the Ukrainian army succeeded in the ** in Kharkiv and Kherson, which made Russia suffer a big loss.
But beyond that, Russia has always held the initiative on the battlefield and has achieved greater results in more than a year of military operations.
If Ukraine had accepted the peace agreement in March last year, Ukraine's losses would not have been as great as they are now, and Russia would have had very limited gains, including territorial issues that both Russia and Ukraine attach great importance to.
Therefore, the West helped Russia by forcing Ukraine to abandon peace talks.
The fact that Russia began peace talks not long after the war shows that the Russian side did not have much determination at that time.
After the collapse of the peace talks, Russia let go of its hands and feet, strengthened its determination to win on the battlefield, and finally won directly on the battlefield.
Russia and Ukraine will finally have to sit at the negotiating table).
Russia is still willing to talk
However, Russia did not oppose the peace talks during this period and has always supported them.
Of course, if we talk about it now, it will not be the last condition, and while Russia has achieved more results, it has also paid a greater price, and it is impossible to continue negotiations in accordance with the intentions reached before.
The attitude of the Russian side has been very clear, it is willing to talk, but it needs to be held in accordance with the requirements of the Russian side, and if it does not accept it, then it will fight down until it is accepted.
Now what is not determined has become the West and the Ukrainian side.
They were hesitant to fight, but it was unacceptable for them to negotiate according to Russia's demands.
And Russia has a lot of options, and if it does not want to sit down at the negotiating table, then solve the problem on the battlefield.