Serhii Plokhy

A few days after that decision in Moscow, Zelensky issued a decree saying that no negotiations with Russia. What that really meant in plain language is that basically we are not prepared to negotiate a stable agreement with five of our obelisks, not just the next, but also included into the Russian Constitution. So that's where we are.

So that scenario is, again, everything is possible, of course, but it's highly, highly unlikely.

So that scenario is, again, everything is possible, of course, but it's highly, highly unlikely.

So that scenario is, again, everything is possible, of course, but it's highly, highly unlikely.

Yes, and not only as a negotiation tactic for Putin or whoever would negotiate on the Russian side, but also as a legal issue.

Yes, and not only as a negotiation tactic for Putin or whoever would negotiate on the Russian side, but also as a legal issue.

Yes, and not only as a negotiation tactic for Putin or whoever would negotiate on the Russian side, but also as a legal issue.

Yes, you really have to change the constitution before the peace agreement takes hold or immediately after that. And with the Minsk agreements, that was one of the things that Russia wanted from Ukraine, change of the constitution. And it turned out to be really impossible. So that's one of the backstories of the Minsk and collapse of the Minsk agreements.

Yes, you really have to change the constitution before the peace agreement takes hold or immediately after that. And with the Minsk agreements, that was one of the things that Russia wanted from Ukraine, change of the constitution. And it turned out to be really impossible. So that's one of the backstories of the Minsk and collapse of the Minsk agreements.

Yes, you really have to change the constitution before the peace agreement takes hold or immediately after that. And with the Minsk agreements, that was one of the things that Russia wanted from Ukraine, change of the constitution. And it turned out to be really impossible. So that's one of the backstories of the Minsk and collapse of the Minsk agreements.

Given how fast those amendments to the Constitution were adopted, that suggests that really executive power in Russia has enormous power over the legislative branch. So it's, again, difficult to imagine, but technically this is possible, again, but possible if there is a political change in Moscow.

Given how fast those amendments to the Constitution were adopted, that suggests that really executive power in Russia has enormous power over the legislative branch. So it's, again, difficult to imagine, but technically this is possible, again, but possible if there is a political change in Moscow.

Given how fast those amendments to the Constitution were adopted, that suggests that really executive power in Russia has enormous power over the legislative branch. So it's, again, difficult to imagine, but technically this is possible, again, but possible if there is a political change in Moscow.

There is a possibility of armistice, right? But armistice more along the, like any armistice, along the lines of the current front lines. But withdrawal of the Russian troops to the borders of 2022 at this point, whether it's reasonable or unreasonable, can be achieved only as the result of the defeat of the Russian army, like it happened near Kiev. Is it possible? Possible. Is it possible?

There is a possibility of armistice, right? But armistice more along the, like any armistice, along the lines of the current front lines. But withdrawal of the Russian troops to the borders of 2022 at this point, whether it's reasonable or unreasonable, can be achieved only as the result of the defeat of the Russian army, like it happened near Kiev. Is it possible? Possible. Is it possible?

There is a possibility of armistice, right? But armistice more along the, like any armistice, along the lines of the current front lines. But withdrawal of the Russian troops to the borders of 2022 at this point, whether it's reasonable or unreasonable, can be achieved only as the result of the defeat of the Russian army, like it happened near Kiev. Is it possible? Possible. Is it possible?

Likely, especially given what is happening with the Western support, military support for Ukraine, probably not.

Likely, especially given what is happening with the Western support, military support for Ukraine, probably not.

Likely, especially given what is happening with the Western support, military support for Ukraine, probably not.

Certainly not this year. I look at this year as the time when at least one side, Russian side, will try to get as much as it can through military means.