Lithuanian Foreign Minister warns international society against appeasing Putin at cost of Ukraine
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has called unacceptable the scenarios in which Ukraine would have to negotiate a truce and the Kremlin would gain some benefits from the aggression.
Source: Landsbergis on Twitter, reported by European Pravda
Details: Landsbergis noted that if Russia were to obtain a ceasefire in the near future, Putin could call it a victory, and in practice, it would also mean that the aggressor had won, and the world had accepted it.
With a ceasefire Putin would be able to claim victory, and that means the aggressor winning as the world watches. You can call this a "new reality" if you want, but this new reality would be horrible and we cannot allow it to happen. We should choose to make the aggressor lose.
— Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 (@GLandsbergis) September 1, 2023
Quote: "You can call it a 'new reality' if you want, but this new reality would be horrible and we cannot allow it to happen. We should choose to make the aggressor lose."
More details: Landsbergis' statement is clearly a response to the public debate in the West that the Ukrainian counter-offensive is progressing very slowly and that Ukraine's intentions to return all the occupied territories look unrealistic.
Background:
- Before that, he said that the West should openly set a goal of Ukraine's victory in the war, rather than talking about "support for as long as it takes".
- Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also responded emotionally to commentators who criticised the counteroffensive for being "too slow".
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