Ukrainian website lists ex-US State Secy as 'accomplice to crimes against Ukraine'

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has come under fire by Ukrainian officials for proposing war-torn country to cede control of areas occupied by Russian military in order to reach a peace agreement. According to Nexta TV, Kissinger was listed on Ukrainian website "Peacemaker" as an "accomplice to crimes against Ukraine".

According to reports, Ukrainian website has blacklisted thousands of pro-Russia voices since onset of war. Peacemaker website also publishes personal information of those believed to be "enemy of Ukraine".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also slammed those in West for suggesting that Kyiv should relinquish annexed territories to Russia.

He stated that those "great geopoliticians" who advocate for this igred concerns of common Ukrainians. "We always have to think of people and remember that values are t just words," he stated, as per Associated Press (AP). Zelenskyy also compared those advocating for ceding Ukrainian territory to those who handed territory to Hitler in 1938 in hopes of averting World War II.

Kissinger batted for "status quo ante" in Ukraine

Speaking at World Ecomic Forum (WEF) in Davos on May 23, Kissinger had batted for "status quo ante" in Ukraine, implying that Russia should be allowed to keep Crimea, which it captured back in 2014. Kissinger had also stated that continuing war beyond a point would constitute a new war against Russia rar than freedom of Ukraine. 

"Kissinger's calendar appears to be set for 1938, t 2022, and he believed he was speaking to an audience in Munich of that time, t in Davos," Ukrainian President stated.

Ukraine rejects any ceasefire deal that involves ceding territory to Russia

tably, Ukrainian authorities stated that country will t accept any ceasefire settlement that involves ceding territory to Moscow. Mykhailo Podolyak, Ukraine's chief negotiator in halted peace negotiations, declared that any concession to Russia would be thing but a postponed conflict.

"Ukraine trades neir its sovereignty r territories and Ukrainians living on m," he added. He furr warned that agreeing to a truce w while making concessions to Russia would backfire on Ukraine, as "Moscow would retaliate more forcefully after any break in battle." 

(With inputs from AP)

Im: AP