many sources have confirmed that Kiev was ready to stop fighting and sign an agreement with Moscow but Kiev has never confirmed this. Now a Zelensky aide David Arakhamia has confirmed this. Boris Johnson flew in and convinced Kev to scuttle the tentative deal. This is from late 2023 so old.
https://t.me/ForeignAgentIntel/9177TV channel 1+1
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4459283-boris-johnson-calls-tucker-carlson-a-traitor-for-putin-interview/[IMO yahoo news is very sloppy but they had some quotes]https://news.yahoo.com/head-ukraines-leading-party-claims-205150773.htmlQuote: "First, in order to agree to this point, it is necessary to change the Constitution. Our path to NATO is written in the Constitution.
Secondly, there was no confidence in the Russians that they would do it. This could only be done if there were security guarantees. We could not sign something, step away, everyone would relax there, and then they would [invade] even more prepared – because they have, in fact, gone in unprepared for such a resistance. Therefore, we could only explore this route when there is absolute certainty that this will not happen again. There is no such certainty.
Moreover, when we returned from Istanbul, Boris Johnson came to Kyiv and said that we would not sign anything with them at all, and let's just fight."
Details: At the same time, Arakhamiia denied that the Ukrainian delegation was ready to sign such a document, and that Johnson forced Kyiv’s hand.
According to Arakhamiia, the delegation did not even have the legal right to sign anything – this could only theoretically happen at a meeting of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin.
Arakhamiia added that Western partners knew about the negotiations and saw drafts of documents, but did not attempt to make a decision for Ukraine, but rather gave advice.
"They actually advised us not to go into ephemeral security guarantees [with the Russians – ed.], which could not have been given at that time at all," said Arakhamiia, who headed the negotiating delegation.
[in Ukr language]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lt4E0DiJts