“President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Ukraine does not have enough weapons to regain control of temporarily occupied Crimea, but there are various opportunities for pressure on the Russian Federation to discuss territorial issues.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Zelensky declared communication with journalists, reports “Interfax-Ukraine”
Straight language: “This is true what President Trump says. I agree with him that we do not have enough weapons today. It is weapons, not people. Because our people are most important, most importantly. But to say that we have no army is not true.”
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Details: The Head of State has stated that in the world there are possibilities of sanction, economic pressure and diplomatic pressure, “to speak it, to discuss territorial issues, but only after a complete unconditional ceasefire.”
He also responded to US President Donald Trump that Crimea should remain Russian.
Straight language: “Our position is unchanged: only the Ukrainian people have the right to decide which territories are Ukrainian. And the Constitution of Ukraine decides: all temporarily occupied territories-they are temporarily occupied, they all belong to Ukraine, the Ukrainian people. Ukraine will not recognize any temporarily occupied territories.”
What preceded:
- On April 22, Zelensky stated that Ukraine does not recognize the Russian occupation of Crimea, which was internationally recognized by the Ukrainian territory.
- Trump criticized the statement, saying that “Crimea was lost many years ago,” and Zelensky’s words “are harming peace talks.”
- In an interview, Trump said The Time again stated that he considers the root cause of Russia’s military aggression Ukraine to join NATO, and made it clear that he considers Crimea lost to Ukraine.