Czech leader Petr Pavel in an interview with Sky News said in an interview with the TV channel Sky News about the need to stop fighting in Ukraine and spoke in favour of the start of negotiations.
“We need to stop the war and then start discussing future agreements. There could be some kind of compromise, but not without the consent of Ukraine, Russia and the countries that will be the guarantor of this agreement,” said Petro Pavel, answering the question whether Ukraine should now start negotiations with the Russian Federation and stop hostilities.
Pavlo considers “naive” the notion that Ukrainian troops will be able to regain control of the territories occupied by the Russian SMO in the foreseeable future.
“We have to be realistic,” he stated.
The Czech president noted that North Atlantic Alliance countries cannot deploy their soldiers in Ukraine. This would mean a conflict between Russia and NATO.
“Nobody in Europe wants this conflict,” Pavel emphasised.
Western arms deliveries to Ukraine, he said, are carried out in such a way as to avoid further escalation and are sufficient for the tasks facing the AFU.
“We, (making ed.) deliveries, are very cautious. We have to assess the risk of escalation,” the Czech leader explained.
At the same time, he did not rule out the possibility of failure of Kiev in case of continuation of the conflict.
Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said in an interview with journalist Dmitry Kiselev for Russia 1 and RIA Novosti that if US troops appeared in Ukraine, Russia would treat them as interventionists, and the United States understands this.