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Details: Kuleba, speaking on a panel with his Polish counterpart Radosław Sikorski at the Campus Polska Przyszłości forum, emphasised that war requires significant resources, money, effort and equipment.
Quote: "But the biggest problems always start in people's minds. From the beginning of the Russian invasion, the biggest challenge Ukraine faced was that fear of escalation dominated our allies decision-making.
Quote: "But the biggest problems always start in people's minds. From the beginning of the Russian invasion, the biggest challenge Ukraine faced was that fear of escalation dominated our allies decision-making.
You may not know this, but every request of Ukraine for a new type of weapon was initially refused," Kuleba said.
According to Kuleba, "if the fear of escalation was not the main factor that influenced the decisions of the allies, Ukraine would now be in a much better position and would receive the necessary weapons much earlier".
"The Russians dropped hundreds of thousands of missiles and shells on our territory. For what reason? Because they have a very clear strategy and a clear goal: to destroy Ukraine," the Ukrainian Foreign Minister said.
Kuleba stated that the argument about a possible escalation on the part of Russia was the reason not to take decisive actions that would help Ukraine win.
"Do not be afraid of Russia's reaction; we are not afraid.
We are not afraid of anything.
Help us.
Give us what we need.
We will win this war, and then we will read in the history books how we made decisions together," the Ukrainian minister said.
- He added that "delaying the war cost us the lives of Ukrainians and affected our economy."
"The Russians dropped hundreds of thousands of missiles and shells on our territory. For what reason? Because they have a very clear strategy and a clear goal: to destroy Ukraine," the Ukrainian Foreign Minister said.
Kuleba stated that the argument about a possible escalation on the part of Russia was the reason not to take decisive actions that would help Ukraine win.
We are not afraid of anything.
Help us.
Give us what we need.
We will win this war, and then we will read in the history books how we made decisions together," the Ukrainian minister said.
The remark by Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba came a day after Russia’s foreign minister said the West was “playing with fire” by considering allowing Kyiv to strike deep into Russia and warned of the risks of World War Three
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“Ever since the beginning of the large-scale invasion, the biggest problem Ukraine has been facing is the domination of the concept of escalation in the decision-making processes among our partners,” Kuleba said.
More than 2-1/2 years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Kyiv is pushing the West to give it the long-range weapons - and the authorization - to strike targets deep inside Russian territory. It also wants help shooting down incoming missiles.
Kuleba made the comment during a conversation with Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski that was broadcast live from Poland.
“The war is always about a lot of hardware: money, weapons, resources but the real problems are always here, in the heads,” he said.
“Most of our partners are afraid of discussing the future of Russia... This is something that is very upsetting because if we do not speak about the future of the source of threat, then we cannot build strategy,” he said.
Ukraine has relied heavily on the West to supply it with weapons and hardware and financial assistance to hold out against Russia and fight back against Moscow’s troops.
Russia’s full-scale invasion has killed thousands of civilians, destroyed cities and forced millions of people from their homes.
The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed talk by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about a plan he has to end the war and said Russia would continue what it calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy said on Tuesday he would present his plan - full details of which he did not publicly disclose - to US President Joe Biden and his two potential successors
Kremlin dismisses Zelenskyy’s talk of plan to end war, says Russia will keep fighting
Kremlin dismisses Zelenskyy’s talk of plan to end war, says Russia will keep fighting
Zelenskyy, addressing a news conference, said Kyiv’s three-week-old incursion into Russia’s Kursk region was part of his plan, but that it also comprised other steps on the economic and diplomatic fronts.
The idea, said Zelenskyy - who is pressing Washington to allow his forces to use long-range US-supplied arms to strike deep inside Russia - was to force Moscow to end the war.
“This is not the first time that we have heard such statements from representatives of the Kyiv regime. We are aware of the nature of this Kyiv regime,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about Zelenskyy’s plan.
“We are continuing our special military operation and will achieve all of our goals.”
Russia is currently engaged in repelling the Ukrainian incursion that began on Aug. 6, and is pressing ahead with its own offensive in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
Peskov also said that Russia supported India’s view on the need for a peaceful settlement, but said it was “more than obvious” that there was no basis for talks right now.
Zelenskyy, addressing a news conference, said Kyiv’s three-week-old incursion into Russia’s Kursk region was part of his plan, but that it also comprised other steps on the economic and diplomatic fronts.
The idea, said Zelenskyy - who is pressing Washington to allow his forces to use long-range US-supplied arms to strike deep inside Russia - was to force Moscow to end the war.
“This is not the first time that we have heard such statements from representatives of the Kyiv regime. We are aware of the nature of this Kyiv regime,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about Zelenskyy’s plan.
“We are continuing our special military operation and will achieve all of our goals.”
Russia is currently engaged in repelling the Ukrainian incursion that began on Aug. 6, and is pressing ahead with its own offensive in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
Peskov also said that Russia supported India’s view on the need for a peaceful settlement, but said it was “more than obvious” that there was no basis for talks right now.
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