MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday that the West should not suggest what he called unacceptable terms for making peace with Russia.
"The West must… not suggest peace initiatives with unacceptable terms and instead help Ukraine win," he wrote in an article for the Foreign Affairs magazine.
He argued that Ukraine needed not just heavy weaponry but more sanctions on Russia. This should include a full energy embargo and measures that would deny Russia access to maritime shipping lanes, he wrote.
Kuleba said Ukraine would not give up its territory and sovereignty for the sake of reaching a compromise with Russia. He said calls for concessions were made out of concern for food security and a growing fatigue with the conflict, especially in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
"I have spoken with a number of decision-makers in African, Arab, and Asian states. Some of them started our conversations by affirming their support for our cause before making a hard pivot, politely proposing that we simply stop resisting. It’s an unthinkable proposition," he wrote.
Kuleba again accused Russia of being behind the global food and fuel crisis. Russian President Vladimir Putin says naval mines planted by Ukraine at its own Black Sea ports are preventing grain exports.
