Mykhailo Podolyak

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that freezing the war in Ukraine would only benefit putin by allowing russia to regroup and prepare for a larger conflict, as it did after the occupation of Crimea in 2014.

Russia is using the peace talks proposed by China and Turkey to undermine international support for Ukraine and shift the blame for the lack of negotiations to Kyiv.

Mykhailo Podoliak, advisor to the head of the OP, commented on the possibility of reaching an agreement with the Kremlin in the spring of 2022. He gave a number of arguments why there were no options for a "peace deal.

Podolyak warned Europeans that they face a choice between accelerating aid to Ukraine to quickly defeat Russian aggression or continuing to try to appease Russia through negotiations, risking that its army will advance into their own territory.

The advisor to the President of Ukraine called on the allies to provide Ukraine with more weapons to scare Putin and the Russian elites as the only effective sanctions and end the war faster.

russian president vladimir putin wants to freeze the conflict in Ukraine so that russia can restore its military potential, increase mobilization and form an aggressive alliance.

By replacing the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, President Zelensky will be more directly involved in decision-making on the battlefield and will be responsible for any military failures or regressions, the article says.

President Zelenskyy has decided to renew the leadership of the Armed Forces, including the Commander-in-Chief, to revise the tactics that did not deliver the desired results last year and to prevent stagnation on the front line.

Advisor to the Head of the Presidential Office emphasizes that for international partners, military support for Ukraine is an investment in reducing the risks of global war, according to the Advisor to the Presidential Office.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine denied providing former advisor to the head of the OP Oleksiy Arestovych with documents for traveling abroad and called the reports that he left Ukraine in September 2013 on their letter a fake.

By the end of the week, President Zelensky is expected to sign a decree dismissing Valeriy Zaluzhny from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The OP responded to the "statements" about Zaluzhny's resignation and noted that "there is a certain stagnation along the front line and people are definitely looking for some kind of information reasons to stir up society and get some kind of "hype".

The new draft law on mobilization in Ukraine aims to apply a more equitable approach to the mobilization of different segments of the population during a prolonged war.

Mykhailo Podolyak said that Russia spread fake news that Ukraine had shot down an Il-76 aircraft to slow down the transfer of missile defense to Ukraine and divert attention from Russia's violations of the conventions of war. The circumstances and contents of the plane remain unverified.