Ukraine may be willing to negotiate with Russia over the future of Crimea if Ukrainian forces could reach the border of the Russian-controlled peninsula in their much-anticipated spring counteroffensive, a top official in Kyiv reportedly said.
Andrii Sybiha, deputy head of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, on Wednesday told the Financial Times that Kyiv may reopen a discussion about Crimea it called off a year ago, depending on the outcome of the upcoming Ukrainian counteroffensive in southern Ukraine.
“If we will succeed in achieving our strategic goals on the battlefield and when we will be on the administrative border with Crimea, we are ready to open a diplomatic page to discuss this issue,” Sybiha said, as quoted by the Financial Times….