<p>Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Tuesday that Russia needs to be forced to participate in a summit on peace as it would not do so willingly.</p><p>Podolyak told national TV that one of the methods of coercion is actions on the battlefield, referring to Ukraine's unprecedented cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk region.</p><p>"Simple calls to Russia do not work, only a set of coercive tools works," he said, meaning economic and diplomatic pressure as well.</p><p>He added that by actions in Russia's border regions Ukraine was resolving the key issue of its own security.</p><p>"This is destruction of war infrastructure and formation of so-called sanitary zones so that Russia cannot use there ... equipment that strikes deep into the territory of Ukraine," he said.</p><p>A week after the launch of the incursion, Ukraine said it controls 74 Russian settlements and continues its advance. </p>
<p>Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Tuesday that Russia needs to be forced to participate in a summit on peace as it would not do so willingly.</p><p>Podolyak told national TV that one of the methods of coercion is actions on the battlefield, referring to Ukraine's unprecedented cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk region.</p><p>"Simple calls to Russia do not work, only a set of coercive tools works," he said, meaning economic and diplomatic pressure as well.</p><p>He added that by actions in Russia's border regions Ukraine was resolving the key issue of its own security.</p><p>"This is destruction of war infrastructure and formation of so-called sanitary zones so that Russia cannot use there ... equipment that strikes deep into the territory of Ukraine," he said.</p><p>A week after the launch of the incursion, Ukraine said it controls 74 Russian settlements and continues its advance. </p>