Putin can only be defeated through force, not negotiation: former Ukrainian president
Global News
'Putin understands only the language of strength,' Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's former president, told The West Block's Mercedes Stephenson in an interview, aired Sunday.
Russia‘s war in Ukraine can only be ended by force, not through negotiation, according to former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko.
His comment comes as Ukraine says that more than 10,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since the brutal conflict began, when Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally invaded the country earlier this year.
“Putin understands only the language of strength,” Poroshenko told The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson in an interview, aired Sunday.
“Everybody said that we should speak with Russia. ‘You should have a negotiation with Russia.’ My answer was, this is true … we have one of the best negotiators in the world. And this best negotiator’s name, is … (the) armed forces of Ukraine.”
Putin understands “peace” as meaning a “ceasefire for a short-term period of time,” Poroshenko explained, at which point Putin would “renew” attacks from the Russian armed forces.
Peace in Ukraine can only truly be achieved, Poroshenko added, through “victory for Ukraine.”
But that victory requires help from the international community, Poroshenko told Stephenson — starting with more weapons.
“This is my message, (what we are waiting for) from the whole world, in particular from Canada: weapons, weapons and weapons,” he said.
