As a reporter, I often have to ask questions to very different people. Here, the reverse situation. Questions asked me. Thanks for the conversation Olga Besperstova, wrote in Facebook, accredited in Moscow, Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsymbalyuk.
I think this is the most important thought: in Ukraine, a madhouse, but we have at least some rights, and the prospect, that the most important. And the "Russian world" is hopelessness and poverty ".
"When will the war end?".
- I do not have a good answer to this question. I do not know how you feel, but I, having lived here for many years and perfectly aware of the entire short-sightedness of the Ukrainian authorities and elites, clearly understand that the keys to war and peace are in Moscow. While the greatness of Russians fueled by the war, there are no prerequisites for changing the situation. Whoever said anything, but the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine is possible exclusively by military means. I emphasize that I do not call for a military operation with all the ensuing consequences, risks and casualties on the part of the military and civilian population.
In such a coordinate system, Ukraine has a chance to end the war only if we surrender, which will not happen under any circumstances. Return the occupied territories no chances yet. This is a harsh truth, no matter how annoying and painful it is to say.
And about those who live in the occupied territories, I will say the following. All of them - citizens of Ukraine, including criminals, who are now jumping with machine guns. The main majority became hostages.
The state of Ukraine could not protect them from the "Russian bear".
I always say to everyone here that the Donbass and the Crimea are Ukraine. And, moreover, I never use the words "quilted" or, for example, "Donetsk". You can not call a part of the inhabitants of your country so. Donetsk, Lugansk are Ukrainian cities in trouble. And the majority of Donetsk and Luhansk residents, whoever said anything, are exactly the same as we. They care about what we are. And they want to live in Ukraine ".