MOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. Ukraine is losing its armed conflict with Russia and must seek a way to reach a peace agreement, Verkhovna Rada lawmaker Alexey Goncharenko (listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia) said.

"Right now, the reality is that we are losing the war; we are losing vast numbers of people; we do not have our own money not only to finance the war but even to keep the country functioning; we are losing businesses and our economy <...>; and the terms we are offered are indeed worse each time than the previous ones," he wrote on Telegram.

Goncharenko said Ukraine needs to make peace. "What should we do? Lie down in a grave? Wait for a ‘black swan’ event in Russia? Or seek peace and try to improve our position? I think the third option works best," the lawmaker concluded.

A day earlier, Goncharenko expressed the view that Ukraine’s population should pressure the authorities and demand peace.