After that, investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU, headed at that time by Oleksandr Turchynov), came to the editorial office to find out if similar materials about Yushchenko's poisoning would still be published in the newspaper.

[14] On 25 February, as the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine had begun, Podolyak and prime minister Denys Shmyhal briefed the media.

[15] In the early days, the Russian armed forces failed to significantly advance deep into the territory of Ukraine due to Ukrainian defenses.

Podolyak, as part of the Ukrainian delegation, participated in both this and subsequent rounds of meetings and became the main speaker of Ukraine during the negotiations.

At the same time, according to him, the key demands, uncompromising for Ukraine, are: a ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian troops to the positions they occupied before 24 February, and security guarantees.

“We cannot give away any territories.”[17] After the discovery of Russian war crimes in Bucha in April 2022 Podolyak was worried that the occurrence would complicate ceasefire discussions with Russia.

Ukrainian society will probably not agree because will understand that if Russia bears no responsibility for these crimes, they will continue in one form or another in the territory of Ukraine.

[23] On 10 August 2022, Spanish daily El País elicited a comment in interview from Podolyak that if a single point of conflict with Russia remains, it will be an unfinished war.

[24] In an in-depth 16 August 2022 interview with The Guardian Podolyak said the current aim of the Ukrainians was "to create chaos with Russian forces", specifically targeting supply lines and Crimea.

"[25] On 19 August a Ukrainian source quoted Podolyak as follows: "Negotiations with Russia are a game of Russian roulette with a full cylinder and a fatal ending for everyone.

"[26] In August 2022 when Hungarian-based Wizz Air announced that it would restart flights between Moscow and Abu Dhabi in the midst of the Russian invasion of its neighbour,[27] Podolyak tweeted: "Cynics Wizz Air decided that Ukrainians’ blood does not smell, but Russian rubles from Moscow flights smell nice.

[29] Podolyak called Lukashenko's message cynical and disingenuous given Belarus' heavy involvement in the attacks of Ukraine, and asserted that "this blood-soaked clowning is recorded and will have consequences.

Yes, India has launched a lunar rover presently and is now trekking on the surface of the Moon, but that does not indicate that this country fully comprehends what the modern world is about."

Ukrainian Embassy in Delhi stated that it was his personal opinion while Podolyak accused Russian propaganda outlets of taking it out of context to distort the meaning.