Kremlin presents conditions for peace with Ukraine

“There can be no peace plan for Ukraine, which does not take into account today's realities on Russian territory,” the Russian news agency Interfax quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Peskov reacted to the ten-step plan of Ukrainian President Zelensky, whose core demands are the withdrawal of Russian troops and the payment of reparations for the damage to Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Ukrainian National Security Council Secretary Olexij Danilov immediately rejected the demands of the Kremlin's spokesman. There is no reality in which new arrivals are part of the Russian Federation, Danilov wrote on Twitter. The credentials of the Russian Federation are: shame, defeat and collapse of its”.

Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, Olexi Makeiev, meanwhile reiterated his country's demands for further support in the fight against Russia. The peace does not fall from the sky. He has to fight for it. And we Ukrainians do this on behalf of all Europeans,” said Makeiev told German media group Funke newspapers. Ukrainians want “more courage and determination from our allies and partners”.

As Goals for 2023 Makeiev cited the country's full liberation from Russian invaders, the restoration of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the return of fellow countrymen to home, the country's reconstruction and further progress in EU and NATO integration”.

The ambassador also reiterated the call for further weapons supplies. Launched by Russian missile attacks on the civilian infrastructure and artillery strikes of Ukraine's cities, this “assistance should intensify and strengthen in the coming months so that more civilians could be saved in Ukraine”, Makeiev said. Ukraine also needs assistance to repair the destroyed infrastructure and rebuild the country, Ukraine's ambassador to Germany said.