Valerii Zaluzhnyi made this statement during a speech at the New Statesman Politics Live political conference in London, as reported by The New Statesman."When we speak about victory, it is honest to say that it is the destruction of the Russian empire, and loss is the complete occupation of Ukraine with its collapse. All the rest is just a prolongation of the war. We Ukrainians, of course, want full victory, that is the collapse of the Russian empire," Zaluzhnyi noted.At the same time, he emphasized that one should not forget that the war can also continue in the political and economic spheres."The other important element in the formation of political goals today is security guarantees. Of course, security guarantees can include Nato membership for Ukraine, nuclear weapons on Ukrainian territory, or a big military force that can confront Russia. However, today we are not talking about this. And because of the technological and doctrinal unreadiness of any Nato member or any other country except Russia, Ukraine and China, this question cannot be discussed at all," emphasized the ambassador.He also expressed the opinion that formulating the political goal of the war is the most difficult test for a politician's thinking, and it is here that the biggest mistakes are possible."However, the main political aim for Ukraine may be to stop Russian ability to attack Ukraine for a long and visible period of time. The tools and forms of such aggression change and will continue to change, but they will all serve the same political aim," Zaluzhnyi summarized.Previously, Valerii Zaluzhnyi had stated that Russia views diplomacy as a continuation of military action and uses negotiations to buy time.