Kyiv, Sept. 21 -- Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said that Ukraine should continue fighting Russia until it captures Moscow, declaring that simply regaining lost territories would not resolve the conflict, RT reported.

Yushchenko, who led Ukraine from 2005 to 2010 after the Orange Revolution, made the remarks during an interview with Apostrof TV on Friday. He criticised those calling for a ceasefire along the current front line. "I cannot leave it like that. It will never be my choice," he said, adding that at 71 years of age he had every right to "speak frankly" about his vision for Ukraine's goals in the war.

He also rejected the notion that restoring Ukraine's 1991 borders -- including reclaiming Crimea -- should be...