Ukraine will not consider entering ceasefire negotiations with Russia, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin declared in an interview to the BBC over the weekend.
There have been no public attempts to reconvene peace talks between the two sides since initiatives to bring about a ceasefire in Istanbul during the first weeks of the conflict broke down without progress.
Kostin also rejected the recently reported pressure by the United States and the West to show more leniency toward ceasefire talks.
They don't know what is killing, rape, looting," he told the British state broadcaster when asked about the impact of the war on European citizens outside of war-torn Ukraine.
Is Ukraine being forced into a ceasefire with Russia?.
The Washington Post reported earlier in November that the US had encouraged Ukraine to signal willingness for talks.
Since Russia announced the annexation of Ukrainian territory at the end of September, Zelensky has said that Kyiv would never negotiate as long as Vladimir Putin was leading Russia. »