Överste MacGregor: Ryssland har redan besegrat Ukraina.

EU support for Ukraine will wane – Czech president
Petr Pavel believes Kiev's “window of opportunity” will close at the end of the year

In an interview with Britain’s Sky News TV channel broadcast on Tuesday, Pavel acknowledged that while “in an ideal world” he would want to see Ukraine regain control of all its territories within its 1991 borders, this may not be realistic.

In an interview with Britain’s Sky News TV channel broadcast on Tuesday, Pavel acknowledged that while “in an ideal world” he would want to see Ukraine regain control of all its territories within its 1991 borders, this may not be realistic.

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators appeared to have tentatively agreed on the outlines of a negotiated interim settlement,” wrote Fiona Hill and Angela Stent. “Russia would withdraw to its position on February 23, when it controlled part of the Donbas region and all of Crimea, and in exchange, Ukraine would promise not to seek NATO membership and instead receive security guarantees from a number of countries.”

The news highlights the impact of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s efforts to stop negotiations, as journalist Branko Marcetic noted on Twitter. The decision to scuttle the deal coincided with Johnson’s April visit to Kyiv, during which he reportedly urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to break off talks with Russia for two key reasons: Putin cannot be negotiated with, and the West isn’t ready for the war to end.

Mr Pavel, a former armed forces chief and former top military leader in NATO, said that "in an ideal world" victory for Ukraine would be defined by the full restoration of Ukrainian land.

But "I think, realistically, that the situation will look like slightly different and that we will see the situation when Ukraine will be ready to start negotiations once they expire all the possibilities of advancing," he said, speaking in English.