A “decree“ of Vladimir Putin, according to which Russia will end hostilities in Russia and withdraw its army from the occupied territories from November 1. However, according to Kiev, it is a fake decree.
Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, told “24 channel” that this is a targeted information operation of the enemy.
According to him, the aggressor hopes to distract the attention of Kiev's Western partners with such disinformation. He noted that the Russian political elite will not agree to a peace agreement until the aggressor's army suffers crushing defeats on the front line.
„Moscow can never make such a decision. They [the Russians] will continue regardless of losses, even reputational ones. For them, the most important thing is to defeat the Ukrainian coalition”, said Podoliak.
That is why, according to him, all the documents on ending the war are fake, because Russia is not ready for it. Podoliak believes that with such a strategy, the Kremlin wants to reduce Western attention to Ukraine, as well as sow turmoil in Ukrainian society, because people can say to themselves “here, just a little more and the war will stop”.
Concluding an agreement with Russia to end the war with Ukraine would be tantamount to making a deal with the devil, Mykhailo Podoliak said last week in an interview with the Associated Press. According to Zelensky's adviser, an agreement would give Russian President Vladimir Putin time to strengthen his army and proceed to a new, perhaps fiercer phase of the war. “If you are signing a deal with the devil that will then drag you to hell, then give. Russia is like that”, said Podolyak, when asked about the possibility of a peace agreement for Kiev.
