Former US Secretary of State offered to give Russia part of the territory of Ukraine: Zelensky is indignant

Former US National Security Advisor (1969-1975) and United States Secretary of State (1973-1977) Henry Kissinger proposed that Ukraine cede part of its territory to Russia in order to reach a peace deal with Moscow. Writes about it CNBC.

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“Ideally, the dividing line should return to the previous status quo, which means a return to the state of affairs that existed before the war,” he said, suggesting that Russia should keep Crimea, which it annexed in 2014.

Kissinger, who served under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, said that "the continuation of the war after this will not be for the freedom of Ukraine, but will become a new war against Russia itself."

Zelensky's reaction

The reaction of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was not long in coming. He was outraged that there were proposals in the world to take into account the interests of the aggressor country, writes UNIAN.

“Despite the thousands of Russian missiles that hit Ukraine. Despite tens of thousands of killed Ukrainians. Despite Bucha and Mariupol. Despite the destroyed cities. And, despite the “filtration camps” built by the Russian state, in which they are killed, tortured, raped and humiliated, it doesn’t matter, for example, Mr. Kissinger says that supposedly a piece of Ukraine should be given to Russia. So that there is no alienation of Russia from Europe. It's 2022 now, not 1938. Obviously, he thought that he was speaking to the audience not in Davos, but in what was then Munich,” the Ukrainian head of state noted.

Zelensky recalled that in 1938, the family of the then 15-year-old Kissinger was fleeing Nazi Germany.

“He understood everything perfectly, and then they didn’t hear from him that they supposedly needed to adapt to the Nazis, instead of fleeing from them or fighting them,” Zelensky stressed.

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Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko also responded to the proposal of the former National Security Adviser and Secretary of State of the United States of America.

“I think that Mr. Kissinger is still living in the XNUMXth century, while we live in the XNUMXst century and are not going to give up an inch of our territory,” Goncharenko said.

“We must stop Putin now and not let him go further,” the deputy concluded.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine joined in the criticism of Kissinger's proposal.

“I respect Henry Kissinger, but I understand that he does not hold any official position in the US administration. He has his own opinion, but we categorically disagree with him,” Dmitry Kuleba said.

Kissinger is not the only one

As early as May 9, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the war between Ukraine and Russia would inevitably end in peace and neither side should be "humiliated." A few days later, Zelensky gave an interview in which he was given the words of Macron and asked to answer "what could be the way out for Russia," writes Meduza.

“We should not look for a way out for Russia, and Mr. Macron is doing it in vain. He has great experience: until they want it in Russia, until they understand that they need it, they will not look for any way out, ”Zelensky assured.

He said that the proposals to cede part of the territory of Ukraine in order to "save face" Putin, "not very correct."

“We are not ready to save something for someone and lose our territories for it. It seems to me that this is completely unfair, ”Zelensky was indignant.

At the same time, concern about “saving face” of Putin was expressed not only by Macron, but also by US President Joe Biden. The White House believes that the Russian president has no way out of the war with Ukraine right now.

"I'm trying to figure out what we can do about this," Biden said on May 10.

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On May 19, Italy presented its peace plan. They proposed a ceasefire, Ukraine's accession to the EU and non-alignment with NATO, the autonomy of Crimea and Donbass within Ukraine, as well as a new multilateral agreement on peace and security in Europe.

A day after the Italian proposal was presented, Silvio Berlusconi, a former Italian prime minister who is considered a friend of Putin but nevertheless condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, spoke out on this topic. Berlusconi said "peace must be achieved as soon as possible" and Europe should try to "convince the Ukrainians to accept Putin's requests."

Together with Italy, on May 19, The New York Times published an op-ed written by the Opinion Department saying that Russia planned and started the war "carelessly" but is still capable of harming Ukraine, and that US support is not unlimited.

“A decisive military victory for Ukraine over Russia, which would see Ukraine regain all the territory captured by Russia since 2014, is not a realistic goal,” the column says.

Her last paragraph contains the following words: “Facing this reality may be painful, but it is not peace. This is what governments have an obligation to do, not to pursue an illusory 'victory'."

At the same time, according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, 82% of Ukrainians are not ready to sacrifice territories for the sake of achieving peace as soon as possible. The belief of Ukrainians in victory is based not on “self-confidence” but on “necessity”, because any concession to Russia now will sooner or later lead to a new war, and Ukrainians stuck in any region occupied by Russia will be tortured, raped or killed.

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