The West is not pushing Ukraine to negotiate with Russia, but such “waves” will appear periodically in foreign media. Likewise, there should be no expectation of a frozen conflict, stated Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to the head of the Presidential Office, in a commentary to the RBC-Ukraine. “I understand that such waves (in Western media – ed.) will appear periodically. Because these people are like chess players. I say this ironically because they are sitting at a large chessboard, 10,000 kilometers away from the war, and they don’t fully grasp what it is or what Russia is like,” Podolyak expl…