Zelensky aide: We might be willing to negotiate on Crimea

“If we will succeed in achieving our strategic goals on the battlefield and when we will be on the administrative border with Crimea, we are ready to open [a] diplomatic page to discuss this issue,” Sybiha said, referencing Kyiv’s highly anticipated counterattack to regain territory in the east and south.

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He added: “It doesn’t mean that we exclude the way of liberation [of Crimea] by our army.” …

Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak went against Sybiha in a tweet Thursday, writing: “The basis for real negotiations with (Russia) is the complete withdrawal of Russian armed groups beyond the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine in 1991. Including #Crimea.”

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