Moscow: For Ukraine to be secure, Russian President Vladimir Putin must "change by 360 degrees," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said at the Munich Security Conference. Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president, clarified that he must carry on doing what he is currently doing.

In an interview with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba and American Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday, Baerbock was asked if there is "any chance of Ukraine being safe in the long term" if Putin holds onto power.

The German FM answered, "If he doesn't change by 360 degrees, no.

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Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev posted on social media that it is "hilarious that Europe is run by such ignorant people." He made fun of the connoisseur of geometry and said, "There is no doubt that it will be so. "We're keeping our position,"

At a panel discussion titled "Visions for Ukraine," speakers Baerbock, Blinken, and Kuleba attempted to paint a picture of what the nation might look like after the conflict. All three concurred that in order for Russia to get there, it must unconditionally withdraw from the areas Kiev claims as its own. These areas include the Russian region of Crimea and the four formerly Ukrainian regions that chose to join Russia in September.

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A "long vision" of victory for Ukraine, according to Kuleba, includes "compensations for the damage inflicted, accountability for perpetrators of crimes, and most importantly, Russia must change," echoing previous statements from Kiev.

He asserted that as long as Putin remains in office, "we will be in trouble," and that his resignation or retirement would bring about "a period of opportunity for all of us."

On the issue of regime change, Ukraine's Western backers are not all in agreement. The pro-Western coup in Kiev in 2014 was largely orchestrated by US Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, who has explicitly called for this outcome. However, French President Emmanuel Macron stated on Friday that such a strategy is doomed to failure.

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"Whenever I hear a lot of people calling for a change in the current government, I simply ask, "For what change? Next up: Who governs you? How do you carry it out? In the last ten years, there have been numerous regime changes in numerous nations. He said to the conference in Munich, "It's a complete failure.