Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has underlined he’ll make no territorial concessions to Russia forward of a scheduled assembly between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on the way forward for the conflict in Ukraine.
The US-Russia assembly is due to take place in Alaska on 15 August.
Hours earlier than saying the assembly, Trump had signalled Ukraine may need to cede territory to finish the conflict, which started with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Zelensky mentioned in a Telegram publish on Saturday that “Ukrainians is not going to give their land to the occupier”. He reiterated that Ukraine should be concerned in any answer for peace, and mentioned he is able to work with companions for a “actual” and “lasting” peace.
Zelensky mentioned Ukraine “is not going to give Russia awards for what it has accomplished”.
“The reply to the Ukrainian territorial subject is already within the Structure of Ukraine. Nobody will and can’t deviate from this,” he added.
His assertion adopted feedback from Trump on the White Home on Friday that there “will likely be some swapping of territories, to the betterment of each”.
“You are territory that is been fought over for 3 and a half years, plenty of Russians have died. Lots of Ukrainians have died,” the US president mentioned.
He didn’t present additional particulars on what any such proposal would appear like.
Trump later introduced the assembly between himself and Putin, saying that additional particulars will comply with. The assembly was later confirmed by the Kremlin.
Zelensky mentioned on Saturday that Ukraine is prepared for “actual options that may carry peace” however underlined that Ukraine wanted to be concerned.
“Any options which are towards us, any options which are with out Ukraine, are concurrently options towards peace,” he mentioned.
“We’re prepared, along with President Trump, along with all companions, to work for an actual, and most significantly, lasting peace – a peace that won’t collapse due to Moscow’s needs.”
