Kiev Just Follows Orders? 🤯 Russia's UN Deputy Claims Ukraine Isn't Calling the Shots

In a powerful and exclusive interview with RT, Russia’s First Deputy Envoy to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, delivers a bold statement:
🇺🇦 "Kiev isn’t making its own decisions — it’s simply following the orders of its Western sponsors." 💬📢

Polyansky argues that Ukraine is not genuinely interested in achieving peace, but is being used as a proxy in a wider geopolitical conflict. 🌍⚔️

This interview sheds light on Russia's stance at the UN and what it means for the future of diplomacy in the region. Get the full breakdown and analysis here. 🎥🧠

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00:00The Kremlin has confirmed Russia's delegation will be heading to Istanbul for the second round

00:05of resumed peace talks with Ukraine on Monday. Russia's top envoy to the UN, Nebenzia, says that

00:11any truce must not just be a chance for Ukraine to rearm itself, but rather a real chance at

00:17sustainable peace. Let's cross live to the first deputy permanent representative of Russia,

00:24to the United Nations, Dmitry Poliansky. Dmitry, welcome to the program, sir. Donald Trump has

00:31expressed disappointment many times already that Russia would conduct missile attacks against

00:37Ukraine while negotiations are taking place. He overlooks the fact that Kiev has ramped up its

00:43own offensive, sending hundreds of drones to strike Russian territory, including residential areas.

00:49Is Trump simply unaware of that? That was one of the points that we made

00:56during the meeting today. We said that we have all the reasons to believe that Trump is not

01:02being informed in the proper way. So there are a lot of statements that highlight Russian strikes

01:09on military infrastructure of Ukraine, and they are being portrayed as strikes of, as strikes

01:14on civilian objects without any reasons for that whatsoever. And of course, you're absolutely

01:21right that nobody in the West is trying to bring any light on the fact that there was a significant

01:29ramp up of Ukrainian strikes and that the Russian striking campaign this time was framed as a response

01:38to this very intensive, very big intensification of the drone attacks on Russian cities. There was a very

01:46illustrating statistics from the Ministry of Defense, which we quoted yesterday and today.

01:51And at the same time, the head of the Ukrainian delegation in the peace negotiations said yesterday that

01:58Russia is supposedly not interested in restoring peace. What's your response to that?

02:03I think that that's the core story of the Ukrainians. Actually, every effort they make right now,

02:10they want to convince Donald Trump, they want to cajole him and convince him that Russia is not

02:16interested in peace. On the contrary, Ukraine is allegedly interested in the peace negotiations and

02:23efforts. But facts speak clearly against such efforts by the Ukrainian side. And we have very

02:30systematically debunking these allegations by Ukraine, including today at the meeting. We reiterated and

02:39reminded about the steps that Russia has taken already about the truces that Russia observed,

02:45regardless of the fact that Ukraine was not there to join. So this is mere lip service from the part

02:52of Ukrainian side. And I don't think that anybody is really fooled by this. Anybody of those who really

03:00have an idea of what's happening and who is following this crisis from the outside?

03:05I was just going to say that we all saw how Ukraine kept on violating all the ceasefires

03:12that Russia put forward. And Moscow announced it will be in Istanbul on June the 2nd, but there is

03:18still no official confirmation from Ukraine. Ahead of the first round of resumed peace talks, Russia's

03:23delegation waited for an entire day for the Ukrainians. What do you anticipate to happen this time?

03:29Will Ukraine be on time for the second round? Well, it's difficult really to make such

03:37propone such theories because nobody knows what will be Ukraine's tactics this time. But it's

03:43absolutely clear that Ukraine is not interested in these negotiations. We need to recall the history of

03:49how it was organized, of situation when first and foremost Zelensky himself came down to Istanbul,

03:57saying that he will meet only Putin, that he will not send anyone. Then under the pressure of Americans,

04:03he had to review this position. So I think that they are simply playing game. And for them, that's not a

04:09serious and meaningful negotiations. Whereas from our side and from the side of the US, as far as we can

04:15judge. This is a serious attempt. And this is the format which can eventually bring us to something

04:22meaningful. Provided, of course, all two sides, both sides are really keen to produce results.

04:29Moscow and Kiev have agreed to present their memorandums. And by all accounts, the plan was to do this at the

04:37next round of talks in Istanbul. Kiev is now pushing for an earlier look, claiming that Russia is stalling

04:43the process to prolong the conflict. Is that also part of the game that you're talking about?

04:48Absolutely. Everything that Kiev now does or says, you should analyze it through the optics of Ukraine,

04:57not wanting anything, of wanting to prolong, prolong negotiations, prolong the war, prolong whatever.

05:04Today, we said it quite openly in the Security Council chamber, that it's not in the interest of

05:10of the Ukrainian president right now to engage in any meaningful, peaceful efforts. Because

05:21the end of this scenario will be elections, something that he fears most. And he will also be held

05:28accountable for the embezzlement of the budget money and of Western aid, which counts in hundreds of

05:35billions of billions of dollars. That's why he wants to avert this scenario in any way he can. And he

05:41appeals to the U.S., he appeals to the West, claiming that Russia is not interested in negotiations. And he

05:47allegedly is the only one who is interested. But that doesn't stand the fact check. And returning to

05:54the memorandum, the U.S. Special Envoy Keith Kellogg said that Washington has apparently reviewed Ukraine's

06:00document and considers its terms reasonable, he says. At the same time, he acknowledged that NATO's

06:06expansion poses a threat to Moscow. Is there any connection here trying to read between the lines

06:12that Ukraine is abandoning its NATO hopes?

06:17Well, we'll prefer to see the document and to read the lines, not to read between the lines,

06:22because this is the right way to treat diplomatic efforts of this kind. We would not engage in such

06:29kind of speculations at this point. Now, even if Kyiv has presented some

06:35reasonable quote unquote terms to the U.S., just how trustworthy is this declaration, do you think?

06:41I mean, we've seen Kyiv make U-turns before, so how can a deal be enforced?

06:48Well, we of course have been there. We were in Istanbul in March and April 2022, when Ukraine walked

06:56away from these negotiations under the pressure of Boris Johnson and other leaders. But of course,

07:03there is very little confidence in the maneuvering of the Ukrainian side, and I explained the reasons

07:08why. But again, yesterday in the Security Council chamber, we clearly showed the alternative. So the

07:15alternative for Ukraine would be a military defeat at the battlefield with absolutely different terms

07:20for any settlement. So it's a clear sign for Ukraine that it should take this chance. Maybe it doesn't

07:27like certain provisions of what we propose, but we have the upper hand on the ground, of course, and

07:34our offensive is developing very successfully. Even the very biased towards Russia experts have to

07:40acknowledge this. So this factor should be also taken into consideration when somebody analyzes the pace of

07:47the negotiations and the outcome of the negotiations. And I think that the continuation of our special

07:53military operation right now is the best guarantee that Ukraine will have a serious approach towards

07:58this kind of negotiations that we proposed. In a recent development, France, Britain and Germany

08:06are sending their national security advisors to Istanbul as well on the day of the planned talks.

08:12What do you make of their presence there? Well, it's up to any side to organize their work as they want.

08:23We are not bringing anybody who should advise Russia or forbid something to Russia. Ukraine is not

08:29feeling maybe safe in terms of they don't know what to do. That's why they have to kind of base their

08:36position on their position on the judgment of the others. Also, we know that they have been receiving

08:42instructions from Western countries for quite some period of time. Today we also said, and we said it

08:49before, that Ukraine is nothing but a private military company run by the West. And that's why, of course,

08:57if we proceed with such a logic, it would be quite okay for Ukrainian negotiators to be puppeteered by those

09:08from France, UK, Germany and the others. But this illustrates one more time that Ukraine is not taking the

09:16decisions of its own and it is heavily relying on its sponsors of those who brought to the power in 2014

09:23during the illegitimate coup, Ukrainian nationalists and those who have been implementing since then

09:30the project anti-Russia and Ukraine. The reason why I asked is because the UK basically ruined the

09:37negotiation process back in 2022 with Boris Johnson, as you've just reminded. Do you think those Western

09:44powers are good to have in town? And do you think they will be part of the process or at least right outside

09:50the door advising Ukraine? Will they be genuinely looking for peace, do you think?

09:56Well, we have seen true colors of our former European colleagues and we have no illusions about

10:02about their position and about possible change in their position. But we are not caring very much

10:08about this side of the story because we are discussing things directly with Ukraine. We want to have

10:14agreement, possible agreement directly with Ukraine. This is an approach that is being shared also by the

10:19Trump administration because this is the right approach right now. If Ukraine wants to play

10:24certain games at its own turf, no problem, let them do it. But the outcome will be still Russia-Ukraine

10:30direct talks and Russia-Ukraine direct negotiations. There is no other solution to that. Germany has also

10:37prepared a draft for financing the production of long-range weapons on Ukrainian territory. What would be the

10:44point of that if those production sites become immediate targets by the Russian military?

10:51I think that's a very likely scenario and of course this will mean a serious escalation on the part of

10:58Germany and we will take necessary measures. I'm not going to do the job here for my Ministry of Defense.

11:06I think they will prepare the necessary options better than myself. But of course, we are reminded

11:13today to the Germany, to the German authorities, some pages of the history, of quite recent history,

11:2080 years ago, of what was the outcome of the previous anti-Russian, anti-Soviet adventure

11:26by the regime in Berlin. So I think that those who are in Germany right now, they should be aware of

11:33of the possible repercussions of such provocative steps for their country, not only for their country,

11:39but for Europe as such, because it heavily relies on German industry and German money. So I think the

11:46outcome will be very pathetic for the EU and Germany of such efforts. And there is no Wunderwaffe.

11:53Right, right. Well, hopefully not. I know you're quite a busy man, but I do want to ask you one more thing.

12:03Moscow's chief peace negotiator and his family received threats from Ukrainian territory. Kyiv's

12:09defense minister said his government cannot control such statements being made by Ukrainian nationalists.

12:15It seems that a lot of things are out of control of the Zelensky regime these days. How might this influence

12:21the peace talks, do you think? This is outrageous, of course. And this is something that we

12:29made clear to the whole world that such kind of threats are absolutely unacceptable. But I wouldn't be

12:36so trustful of what the Ukrainian military are saying. It's very hard to believe that they have

12:43absolutely no clout in such cases. If it is the case, then of course, it's a very sad situation. It means

12:50that nobody knows who is who is running the show in Ukraine. Is it Minister Omerov? Is it President

12:57Zelenskyy or somebody else whom we don't know? Or maybe there are a lot of warlords that simply do not

13:04coordinate among themselves. And that's why, of course, it brings us to the question of with whom to

13:10negotiate and with whom to sign the final the final deal with Ukrainians provided we came to this stage.

13:18There are a lot of questions like this, but I think that we should concentrate on the upcoming negotiations

13:24in Istanbul and see what what can come out of this. Small steps, sir, which may lead to big

13:31results. Dmitry Poliansky, first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations.

13:37Thank you so much for your time, sir. My pleasure.

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