Czech President Pavel Says Ukraine Will Have to ‘Be Realistic’ and Accept That Its Conquered Territories Will Become a Part of Russia ‘Temporarily’
With each passing day, the reality of the situation in the war in Ukraine – that Russian forces have the upper hand – becomes more and more inescapable.
It has come to the point where even some of the most ardent Kiev defenders are now vocal in calling for President Volodymyr Zelensky and his regime to accept it.
For President Petr Pavel of the Czech Republic, a former senior NATO general who has been one of Ukraine’s most robust backers in its war with Russia, it is time for Ukrainians and their supporters to ‘be realistic’ about how unlikely are its prospects of recovering territory conquered by Russia.
On the one hand, the Czech presidency is ‘a largely ceremonial post’.
