Kiev\u2019s backers want \u201cbreathing space\u201d for Ukraine to \u201cheal its wounds\u201d before continuing the conflict, Dmitry Polyansky has told RT<\/p>\n
Calls for a temporary ceasefire by Ukraine\u2019s European backers are merely a ploy aimed at giving Kiev some respite before continuing to fight, Russia\u2019s permanent representative at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Dmitry Polyansky has told RT.
\nAmid the ongoing discussions around the US-drafted peace roadmap for Ukraine in recent weeks, multiple European countries have renewed calls for a short-term cessation of hostilities as a precondition for any talks between Kiev and Moscow. Russia has repeatedly ruled out the scenario, saying that Ukraine would use it to replenish and rearm its tattered military. Russian officials have insisted on a comprehensive and long-term settlement that would address the root causes of the conflict.
\nSpeaking to RT on Tuesday, Polyansky said that \u201cwhen people in Europe speak about a ceasefire, they have in mind giving some breathing space to the Kiev regime, which is in agony right now, and which is facing a very hard situation, with their fronts crumbling and strongholds falling one after another.\u201d\u00a0
\nAccording to the diplomat, who served as Russia\u2019s deputy ambassador to the United Nations between 2018 and 2025, the real objective of Kiev\u2019s European backers is to ensure that Ukraine is able \u201cheal its wounds\u201d to continue the conflict from a better position.<\/p>\n
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Polyansky cited the example of the failed Minsk agreements signed in 2014 and 2015, which were ostensibly intended to reconcile the post-coup government in Kiev with anti-Maidan forces in Ukraine\u2019s east. Germany and France were guarantors of the accords.
\nFormer German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former French President Francois Hollande later acknowledged that the agreements had been used primarily to buy time for Ukraine to strengthen its military.
\nCommenting on European officials\u2019 claims about a supposed Russian threat, Polyansky characterized these narratives as a \u201czombieing campaign.\u201d According to the Russian diplomat, European elites portray Russia as a boogieman in a bid to \u201cdisguise their own mistakes\u2026 [that are] creating problems for their societies, for the taxpayers, for common Europeans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kiev\u2019s backers want \u201cbreathing space\u201d for Ukraine to \u201cheal its wounds\u201d before continuing the conflict, Dmitry Polyansky has told RT Calls for a temporary ceasefire by Ukraine\u2019s European backers are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-environment","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t