Political analyst: Signing an agreement between Kyiv and Moscow is inevitable
27 May 2024 11:18
EXCLUSIVE
All wars end with the signing of certain agreements between the parties, and the Russian-Ukrainian war will not be an exception. This was stated by military expert Petro Chernyk in an exclusive commentary to Kommersant Ukrainian 
.
“Without exception, all wars end in peace or some kind of truce. There is still a truce between North and South Korea, they are officially at war. There is still an armistice between Russia, as the successor to the Soviet Union, and Japan, and they are officially at war. Some kind of document between us is inevitable, it will happen. The only question is when it will happen, under what conditions, who will be the winner and who will be the loser,”
– the expert said.
Global peace summit
The Peace Summit to be held on 15-16 June in Switzerland is intended to accelerate the coming of a just peace for Ukraine. Ukraine hopes that 80-100 countries will take part in the event. According to the Swiss Foreign Ministry, more than 160 delegations have been invited to the Peace Summit.
Among the invitees are members of the G7, G20, BRICS, numerous other countries from all continents, as well as the EU, three international organisations (UN, OSCE and Council of Europe) and two religious representatives (Vatican and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople).
Switzerland emphasises that the summit will build on the discussions that have taken place in recent months, including the Ukrainian peace formula and other peace proposals based on the UN Charter and key principles of international law. The main goal of the summit is to inspire the future peace process. To achieve this, the Summit intends to
- provide a platform for dialogue on how to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine based on international law and the UN Charter;
- promote a common understanding of a possible framework for achieving this goal;
- jointly identify a roadmap on how to engage both sides in the future peace process.
What does the Ukrainian “peace formula” envisage?
on 11 October 2022, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced to the leaders of the G7 countries a “peace formula” to overcome the Russian threat. It includes the withdrawal of Russian troops and the cessation of hostilities, defence support for Ukraine, protection of its territorial integrity, and punishment for those responsible for armed aggression. The formula also provides for counteracting ecocide and recording the end of the war.
In turn, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia would not negotiate on the basis of Zelenskyy’s “peace formula”.
