Dmytro Kuleba

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The Dnipro river near Kyiv in February. Thomas Peter/Reuters

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On Friday, after a grim-faced Volodymyr Zelensky departed the White House, President Trump wrote on social media that the Ukrainian leader could “come back when he is ready for Peace”.

Peace is a powerful word, but to grasp its true meaning one has to look at the context in which it is uttered. On the same day that Mr. Trump spoke of the importance of peace and sent Mr. Zelensky home to think about it, Russia launched more than 150 attack drones on Ukrainian cities. While Mr. Trump emphasizes that he is making great progress with President Vladimir Putin of Russia toward peace, the latter has only increased his strikes since the inauguration.…  Seguir leyendo »

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Between 2016 and 2022, Western diplomats and journalists frequently asked Ukrainian officials what Ukraine was prepared to concede to Russia for peace. This was more than mere curiosity. It was the tip of a policy iceberg submersed in the belief that peace could be achieved by sacrificing Ukrainian interests to Russia. Look at the headlines since February 2022 to see where this approach has led.

Since Donald Trump’s re-election, I’ve spoken to European and American media outlets only to learn that, nearly three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, we are back to these same questions. It is painful to realise that Ukrainians may again pay the price imposed by those who misunderstand the situation.…  Seguir leyendo »

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, right, listening to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, September 2023. Pool / Reuters

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It was almost two years ago that Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As another winter of war arrives, voices skeptical of the country’s prospects are growing louder—not in diplomatic meetings or military planning sessions, but rather in news reports and in expert commentary. Most do not openly argue that Ukraine should simply give up its fight, but the pessimism, buttressed by supposedly pragmatic arguments, carries clear strategic implications that are both dangerous and wrong.

These skeptics suggest that the current situation on the battlefield will not change and that, given Russia’s vastly greater resources, the Ukrainians will be unable to retake more of their territory.…  Seguir leyendo »

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 2023. Alina Yarysh / Reuters

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On April 4, I sat at the great round table inside NATO’s headquarters in Brussels and applauded as Finland was formally admitted to the alliance. I am happy for my Finnish friends, and I welcome this shift in the tectonic plates of European security. But my country, Ukraine, is not yet a NATO member, and this shift will not be complete until it is. Luckily for us, the wheels of history are turning, and there is nothing anyone can do to stop them.

Russia’s war on Ukraine is about more than killing Ukrainians and stealing our land. President Vladimir Putin is trying to destroy the very foundations of the European security order formed after 1945.…  Seguir leyendo »

Soy el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Ucrania y les digo: este no es momento de hablar

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Al parecer, Rusia está lista para un cese al fuego. La puerta para iniciar negociaciones nunca ha estado cerrada, dijo hace un par de semanas el portavoz del Kremlin.

No se dejen engañar. Sin importar lo que digan los funcionarios, Rusia sigue centrada en la guerra y busca arruinar a Ucrania y destruir a Occidente. Las imágenes de Odesa, azotada por misiles rusos apenas horas después de que se alcanzó un acuerdo para autorizar las exportaciones de grano de los puertos del sur, deberían disipar cualquier ingenuidad que haya persistido hasta ahora. Para Vladimir Putin, un cese al fuego en este momento solo permitiría que sus agotadas fuerzas invasoras tomaran un descanso antes de regresar con aún más agresividad.…  Seguir leyendo »

I’m Ukraine’s Foreign Minister. Putin Must Be Stopped.

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Russia, apparently, is ready for a cease-fire. The door to negotiations, the Kremlin’s spokesman said last week, has never been closed.

No one should be fooled. Whatever its officials may say, Russia remains focused on war and aims to ruin Ukraine and shatter the West. The sight of Odesa, hit by Russian missiles just hours after a deal was reached to allow grain exports from southern ports, should dispel any lingering naïveté. For Vladimir Putin, a cease-fire now would simply allow his depleted invasion forces to take a break before returning for further aggression.

The truth is simple: Mr. Putin will not stop until he is stopped.…  Seguir leyendo »

Ukrainian servicemen riding an infantry fighting vehicle in Donetsk, Ukraine, June 2022. Gleb Garanich / Reuters

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As Russia’s all-out war of aggression in Ukraine drags on for a fourth consecutive month, calls for dangerous deals are getting louder. As fatigue grows and attention wanders, more and more Kremlin-leaning commentators are proposing to sell out Ukraine for the sake of peace and economic stability in their own countries. Although they may pose as pacifists or realists, they are better understood as enablers of Russian imperialism and war crimes.

It is only natural that people and governments lose interest in conflicts as they drag on. It’s a process that has played out many times throughout history. The world stopped paying attention to the war in Libya after former leader Muammar al-Qaddafi was toppled from power, in 2011.…  Seguir leyendo »

Demonstrators wave the Ukrainian flag during a rally in support of Ukraine in Tbilisi, Georgia, on March 1. VANO SHLAMOV/AFP via Getty Images

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Ukraine’s fight for its right to have a future has accelerated a great shift in the global order of the 21st century. One can already see elements of the new world emerging from the fires of war in Ukraine. The unity between North America and the European Union has been restored and cemented, and the notion of the West has regained its original meaning, while Russia’s strategic decline weakens China’s system of alliances.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has set Europe in motion again. To the discomfort of some European states, Ukraine became central to the rise of the new Europe.…  Seguir leyendo »

People in Belgrade, Serbia, hold a giant Ukrainian flag on March 6 during a protest of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Zorana Jevtic/Reuters)

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For decades, world leaders bowed their heads at war memorials across Europe and solemnly proclaimed: “Never again.” The time has come to prove those were not empty words. Russia has unleashed war in Europe out of hateful expansionism. History will judge each one of us later on how we faced this evil. I am confident we will all pass this test, but at what price?

Comparisons to Hitler and Nazism have certainly been overused and devalued over the past decades. But there’s no question that, as Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to bomb our citizens and kill civilians, his invasion is following Hitler’s and Stalin’s playbooks.…  Seguir leyendo »