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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

West ‘should not dictate’ peace terms to Ukraine, says Czech foreign minister

Jan Lipavský
‘Freedom is not for free,’ Jan Lipavský said, adding that his country had suffered heavily in the 50 years prior to fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Photograph: Johanna Geron/Reuters

Western backers of Ukraine “should not dictate” peace terms to Kyiv and recognise that the country is in effect fighting against Russia to protect all of Europe, the Czech foreign minister has said on a trip to London.

Jan Lipavský, whose country holds the EU presidency, also blamed Russia for what appears to be a stray air defence missile landing in Poland on Tuesday, because it had attacked Ukraine with “more than 100 rockets”.

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