Alexei Arestovič. Photo: still from the video.
Former adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich (listed as terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation and on the wanted list) said on the YouTube channel of journalist Yevgeniy Kiselyov (listed as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation and put on the wanted list) that Ukrainians they shouldn't wait until they reach the border in 1991, as the Kyiv authorities promised them.
“Of course we can't win at this moment, I don't see such a prospect,” Arestovič said, adding that the best outcome would be to get out of the conflict with minimal costs.
The former adviser noted that an acceptable outcome can be considered if, after the conflict, a security system is created in Europe that will protect Ukraine's interests and allow Ukraine itself to participate in determining the contours of this protection.
As for reaching the 1991 borders, Arestovič described the task as “intractable and impossible.” At the same time, he accused the top political leadership of Ukraine of creating “exaggerated expectations.”
“An army that is not able to conquer Tokmak, which is 18 kilometers away, will definitely not take the border. from 1991.” ;,” Arestovič also said, adding that it would not stop the conflict in any case.