Russia is seeking territorial gains rather than a diplomatic settlement, even as the U.S. prepares for a new round of high-stakes talks with Moscow this week, said Yuriy Sak, a former adviser to Ukraine’s minister of strategic industries, on Newsmax Sunday.
“We are afraid that while Ukraine wants peace, Russia wants Ukraine,” Sak told Newsmax’s “Sunday Report” while describing what Ukrainian officials see as the central challenge facing negotiators.
Sak’s comments come as top Trump administration officials meet Ukrainian negotiators in Florida on Sunday, pushing to broker an end to Russia’s war with Ukraine and setting the stage for talks planned this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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