In an interview with AP Kuleba insisted that Russia would have to face a war crimes tribunal before attending the summit. Kuleba said during the interview that even though Russia claimed they would be “ready for negotiations” numerous times, “the battlefield proved the opposite”.
According to AP, the UN’s response was “cautious”, with a UN representative replying that the UN could only “mediate” if “all parties” would want to be a part of that mediation.
However, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg recently said that “Putin is ready to be in this war for a long time”.
Kuleba also praised Zelenskiy’s recent visit to the US, underlying the importance of Washington’s efforts in the conflict. Biden promised Ukraine that they would support them “as long as it takes”, offering the country a $1.8 billion military aid package.
On 12 December, Zelenskiy proposed a global peace summit to the G7 nations to determine “how and when” they could “implement the points of the Ukrainian Peace Formula”, which would support Ukraine in restoring peace again.
