“President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine is not considering the possibility of transferring any of its territories, because neither national legislation, nor international law, nor moral principles allow this.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Zelensky at an online briefing
Direct speech: “Are we considering the issue of handing over some territories? We have no right under the law – under the law of Ukraine, under our Constitution, international law, to be honest. And we don’t have a moral right either.
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Of course, Russia insists that we give up the territory. We certainly don’t want to give anything away. This is what we are fighting for, you know that very well.”
Details: Zelensky also added that the United States is currently looking for compromise solutions to resolve the situation.
We will remind:
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed in an interview on Monday that in the negotiations regarding Trump’s “peace plan”, the participants, as before, cannot agree regarding the territorial issue, and it is in particular about the fate of the Donetsk region.
- Citing European officials, Politico writes that during the discussion of a possible agreement to end the Russian-Ukrainian war, the United States continues to promote the idea that Ukraine should agree to leave the territory of Donetsk without a fight.
- Before that, US President Donald Trump said that Russia had allegedly agreed to a “peace plan”, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had not even read it.
- The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umyerov, said that he received information from the US about their meeting with the Russians in Moscow and plans to tell about all aspects of the dialogue and hand over the documents to Volodymyr Zelenskyi.