The issue of giving up Ukrainian territories in exchange for security guarantees cannot be resolved without the Ukrainian people, as it contradicts the Ukrainian Constitution. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with the French media, UNN reports.
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You have to understand that any issue of Ukraine's territorial integrity is an issue that cannot be resolved by the president, or by any person in the world, or by all the presidents of the world, without the Ukrainian people. It is impossible. This is contrary to the Constitution of Ukraine. That is why this issue is exclusively ours, of an internal nature. But this issue can only be considered when someone officially raises this issue. You know, someone recently said: “How do you like the idea that Ukraine gives up its territories and gets something in return-some security guarantees, maybe NATO, maybe the EU, etc.”? So there may be a lot of such messages, but you should know that no one has officially offered Ukraine anything. And Ukraine will never give up its territories. It does not have the right to officially, as a government, give up its territories. Because this is a violation of the Constitution of Ukraine
He added that he believes that it is possible to win back your territories diplomatically.
To be honest, this is not the best option, because we are dealing with Putin. And for him, of course, it will be a victory to take away some of our territories. But still, it will take some time, and if it is a frozen conflict, he can come back and do it again. And so this is a very, very complicated issue. I believe that not all territories need to be won back with hands, and not all territories need to be won back with weapons. I believe that it can take a lot of time and a lot of people. And I think it's not very good. And that's why I think we can win back our territories diplomatically. To be honest, that's why we built the Peace Formula. When you can put political pressure on Putin with the whole world
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