Kuleba responded whether Ukraine rejected "peace" with Russia in 2022

Accusations against Ukraine that it allegedly did not want to sign a peace deal with Russia in 2022 in Istanbul are absurd.

This was stated by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, on Twitter.

The minister emphasized that the story of the "failed peace" is one of the Russians' favorite fakes. However, if you look closely at the facts, such rumors do not stand up to any criticism.

According to Kuleba, with such stories, Russia wants to shift the responsibility from the aggressor to the victim.

"It's absurd. If Russia wanted peace, it wouldn't have attacked Ukraine in the first place," the minister emphasized.

He clarified that during the 2022 negotiations, Russia's demands were so absurd that a "peace deal was not in sight".

Kuleba also commented on the draft documents published by Western media. He emphasized that they were evidence of the negotiation process, but they didn't make much sense because there was no agreement at that time.

The minister confirmed that a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was discussed, but Moscow did not want to organize it.

The Foreign Minister also debunked the absurd rumors that Ukraine refused negotiations with Russia under the influence of Boris Johnson, who was then the Prime Minister of Britain.

"Firstly, anyone who has ever met Zelenskyy knows that he is not the kind of person you can press for a decision. Secondly, because the negotiation process between the delegations was actually ongoing in April and even in May - long after Johnson's arrival," Kuleba explained.

It was Russia's position that prevented the countries from reaching a peaceful agreement, the minister added.

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