Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson penned in article in the Daily Mail calling on Ukraine to concede territory to get a ceasefire deal. Johnson was a frequent visitor to Kyiv last year and has been one of Ukraine’s most ardent supporters.
Adding to the talk of form of a possible deal, Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko, who’s emerged as one of Zelenskiy’s top rivals over the past year, speculated in an interview with Italy’s Corriere Della Serra over the weekend that the Ukrainian leader might agree to territorial compromises with Russia. In his words, “Will he…consider a territorial compromise with Putin?...Zelenskiy will probably have to resort to a referendum. I don't think he can reach such painful and important agreements on his own without popular legitimacy.”
hundreds of Ukrainian troops are nearly surrounded outside the village of Prohres in eastern Ukraine. It’s the latest setback for Ukrainian forces in what may currently be their most vulnerable sector as Russia’s wider war on Ukraine grinds toward its 29th month.
Ukrainian correspondent Yuriy Butusov had warned about dysfunction among the Ukrainian brigades around Prohres. “The main problem,” he reported, “is primarily in the management and organization of our actions.”
“When a poorly managed crew is attacked, it can't hold,” Butusov added.