Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski stated that Russia is entering negotiations because it is unable to win on the battlefield: Putin says he has not changed his position, although he has. He wanted all of Ukraine, but now it is clear that he will not be able to conquer all of it. He wants to achieve through negotiation what he fails to achieve on the battlefield. He would like to return to some of the extortion or ultimatums that have passed, but even after five years of war, he has not even conquered the entire Donbas region, where he has been fighting for thirteen years.

Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski stated that Russia is entering negotiations because it is unable to win on the battlefield: Putin says he has not changed his position, although he has. He wanted all of Ukraine, but now it is clear that he will not be able to conquer all of it. He wants to achieve through negotiation what he fails to achieve on the battlefield. He would like to return to some of the extortion or ultimatums that have passed, but even after five years of war, he has not even conquered the entire Donbas region, where he has been fighting for thirteen years.