Czech President Believes "Window of Opportunity" on Front Will Exist until the End of the Year – Then Negotiations

Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic, believes that all of Ukraine's achievements on the battlefield by the end of 2023 will become the ground for negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow, which cannot be avoided.

During the discussion at the expert forum on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Pavel stated that "the window of opportunity" for the military advances of Ukraine will close by the end of the year.

He thinks that the allies will decrease their level of military aid for Ukraine with time. 

"We must be realistic: the window of opportunity will basically close by the end of this year. Not only due to harsh winter conditions but also due to forthcoming elections in Ukraine, Russia, the US…

We will also witness another decrease in mass readiness to support Ukraine with a bigger quantity of weapons.

All these conditions are likely to lead to the conclusions that whatever is achieved by the end of this year will serve as a ground for the negotiations," Pavel said.

 In March, Pavel stated in an interview for Polish media outlet Rzeczpospolita that Ukraine will only have one attempt to start the big counteroffensive.

Later Pavel clarified: he had meant that this year Ukraine will only have one attempt for the counteroffensive, since such operations require a lot of time and resources.