Zelenskyy: Ukraine does not have the strength to return occupied Crimea and Donbas, it must rely on diplomatic pressure
Kyiv • UNN
The President of Ukraine says he has no military forces to return the occupied territories. Ukraine counts on diplomatic pressure from the international community to negotiate with Russia.
Ukraine cannot make territorial concessions in exchange for peace, and must rely on diplomatic pressure.
This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a video conference with Le Parisien, UNN reports.
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We cannot give up our territories. The Constitution of Ukraine prohibits us from doing so. De facto, these territories are now controlled by the Russians. We have no power to return them. We can only rely on diplomatic pressure from the international community to force Putin to the negotiating table
Zelensky also emphasized that none of the world leaders “has the right to negotiate with Putin without Ukraine.
Recall
Earlier, UNN wrote about Volodymyr Zelenskyy's statement that Ukraine cannot legally recognize the occupied territories as Russian. But diplomatically, we need to achieve our goals - a sustainable, secure and faster peace for Ukraine.