MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. If the conflict in Ukraine is frozen, all this will do is provide Ukraine with the chance to reload and fight Russia with renewed vigor later, a Russian political analyst commented on the future of the crisis.
Dwelling on the prospects of reaching an accord with US President-elect Donald Trump on ending the Ukrainian crisis, Ruslan Kalinchuk, a member of the Other Ukraine movement and a member of the expert board of the Strong Russia movement, noted that Trump has not yet announced his plans.
"Various options for freezing the conflict have already been mentioned and we have already stated that we will not accept any of them because our leaders understand that the Ukraine issue will not go away because it (Ukraine - TASS) will be rearmed, given a breather and then thrown at us again," he told TASS.
He noted that Russia "will not negotiate on Donbass and Novorossia," while Vladimir Zelensky will not do any deals unless Russia makes concessions because "he would immediately be ousted in such an event." "So, it is not clear what any agreement could look like today," the expert said.
According to Kalinchuk, Russia wants to keep its perimeter safe, along all its entire border. "That is why, we want the West to leave Belarus and Moldova alone, to stop militarizing Europe, setting Baltic countries against us and creating problems for us in Central Asia," he said.
Ukraine, in his words, is its own issue, as the situation there reached a boiling point and "required measures to address it." "But what can Trump propose in this context? Would they agree to give up on their plans to build weapons plants in Europe after investing billions and billions there? Would they agree to somehow take into account our interests in Central Asia, Moldova, Baltic countries and so on? I don’t think so," the expert added.