Ukraine is in a lack of strong position for negotiating with Putin - Victoria Nutland

Nutland noted that the United States was not ready enough to realize and prevent expansionist ambitions both Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. When asked if Ukraine will be able to win a war against Russia, Nutland said with confidence that Ukraine would succeed. But with the support of the Allies. "Will Ukraine succeed? Absolute . She stated separately that Putin had already achieved his goals: he wanted to compare Ukraine with the land.

He also wanted to guarantee that Ukraine would not have sovereignty, independence, freedom of action and a democratic future - because, according to Nutland, democratic and European Ukraine is a threat to its model for Russia, as well as because Ukraine was the first brick in its construction wider territorial ambitions. According to Nutland, the United States should give Ukraine a long range and protect a critically important infrastructure and energy sector.

And also create an American defense-industrial base and base of allies of the US and Ukraine. According to Nutland, Ukraine can return the annexed Russian territory, such as Crimea. But if Putin finds himself in a dead end so much to sit at the negotiating table from the position of force. "What should be its territorial ambitions will depend on the Ukrainian people . . .

Any agreement that Ukraine will conclude in their interests and in broader global interests must be an agreement that Putin will be forced to comply. The withdrawal of Russia's troops, ”Nutland said, noting that Putin really never concludes an agreement. Therefore, whatever decision is made about Crimea, it will not be religious so that "it becomes a dagger in the heart of the Center of Ukraine.

" Asked if there was a mistake not to push Ukrainians to the negotiation of the war of 2022, Nutland said that Ukraine was not in a strong position at the time. And it is not in it now. "The only agreement that Putin could conclude then, the only agreement he would have concluded today, at least before he sees what would happen in our elections is an agreement in which he says," What is mine - mine, And what yours is to be discussed. "And it's unstable," Nutland summarized.