The war in Ukraine will end with the victory of Ukraine under the leadership of President Volodymyr Zelensky, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the presidential office, said in an interview with BBC Ukraine..

He noted that elections in Ukraine cannot be held during martial law, so technically it turns out that the war will end under the presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky.

At the same time, he added that the office of the head of state does not even consider the possibility of Zelensky taking responsibility for signing a peace treaty not on Ukraine's terms..

“I think we will fight to the last Russian on the territory of Ukraine - this is the first. Second - there will definitely not be such a choice, believe me. And thirdly, President Zelensky is an absolutely responsible person who will effectively manage the defense system of Ukraine to the end,” Podolyak said..

As for the Russian side, it is absolutely indifferent to Ukraine who will head the state at that time.

" Their entire political elite is in a slightly inadequate propaganda state and it makes no difference which of them will be the successor. But I think that as soon as Russia receives a number of significant tactical defeats on the battlefield, they will begin certain conflict intra-elite processes that can lead to a different configuration of power as such with other leaders - most likely temporary - at the head of the Russian Federation, ”-.

Podolyak added that it was the Ukrainian society that made the consensus decision that the war would end only with victory and the complete liberation of the territory, and that it would pay the price that it had to pay. If this opinion changes, Ukrainians should be aware that they are putting an end to the existence of Ukrainian statehood as such..

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As reported, German ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, criticized for being close to the Kremlin and working in Russian state concerns, confirmed that he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin again at the end of July and announced his readiness for peace negotiations.

In response, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that the Russian Federation is only making a readiness for a ceasefire, but in fact its priority is still a war against Ukraine and an attempt to split the West.