Day 407 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Kyiv might allow Talks with Russia over Crimea if the Counteroffensive Succeeds

Day 407 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Ukraine might allow talks with Russia over Crimea if the counteroffensive succeeds
• Zelensky: Poland will help form a coalition for combat aircraft for Ukraine
• Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives on a visit to Turkey
• Putin scolded ambassadors that their countries forced him to attack Ukraine
• Russia reported a downed Ukrainian plane, the pilot was detained

Ukraine might allow talks with Russia over Crimea if the counteroffensive succeeds

Ukraine can negotiate with Russia for the return of Crimea, but only after all other occupied territories are liberated by military means.

This is what the deputy head of the presidential administration, Andrii Sybiha, who is primarily responsible for foreign policy, said in an interview with the Financial Times.

Kyiv is considering a military operation to liberate the peninsula, annexed in 2014, and does not rule out such a scenario. At the same time, "if we succeed in achieving our strategic goals on the battlefield and when we are on the administrative border with Crimea, we are ready to open a diplomatic page to discuss the issue," the newspaper quoted Sybiha as saying.

He is referring to the planned counteroffensive, which Ukraine says will begin in the spring. The Financial Times described his words as the most unequivocal signals from Ukraine that it is interested in continuing talks after it broke off peace talks with Russia in April after the fallout from Russia's occupation of Bucha and other towns in northern Ukraine.