Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in Poland today that the biggest problem Ukraine currently has in the conflict with Russia is the hesitancy of the Western allies due to their fears that the war will escalate.
"Since the beginning of the invasion, the biggest problem facing Ukraine is the prevailing concept of escalation in decision-making processes among our partners. There is a lot of hardware, money, and weapons in war, but the real problems are always here, in the heads," Kuleba said in a discussion with the head of Poland of diplomacy by Radoslav Šikorski at the Campus Poland of the Future festival in the city of Olsztyn.
Kuleb criticized the West because most of Ukraine's partners are afraid to discuss the future of Russia.
"It's very disturbing, because if we don't talk about the future of the sources of threats, then we can't make a strategy," said the Ukrainian foreign minister.
When asked how Russian President Vladimir Putin will end up, Kuleba said that he will die, and Šikorski added that one of his professors from Oxford used to say "where there is death, there is hope".
According to the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, one day Russia will have to go through a serious process of new construction and the Russians will then decide what kind of country they want to live in.
The head of Polish diplomacy, speaking about the risk that the US, especially if the Republican candidate Donald Trump is elected president, stops being interested in Central Europe and Ukraine, said that he is hearing from some of Trump's associates that his plan to end the war in 24 hours actually consists of from threatening Russia with escalation if it does not start peace negotiations.
"I think that's good. And I can advise the US on what can encourage Putin to end the war. First, help us convince the European allies not to give loans from Russian frozen funds, no, let us seize the assets of the aggressors and give them to the victims aggression," said Šikorski.
Kuleba warned that if the US is not able to realize its long-term commitments to help Ukraine, it will lose credibility in Asia as well.
"Then there is no reason for the US to be trusted by partners and allies, for example from Asia. That is why what is happening in Ukraine is so important. If Russia were to win, which will not happen, it would be a perfect example for everyone who wants to forcefully change their borders to see that although it is not easy - it can be done. This could wake up many dormant conflicts, say in Africa," said Dmitro Kuleba.
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