Ukraine refuses to accept loss of territory as part of peace deal
Ukraine has rejected any idea of accepting a partial occupation by Russia as part of a peace compromise.
The Foreign Ministry in Kiev said Russia’s complete withdrawal from Ukraine and its internationally recognized borders is “one of the mandatory points of the peace plan formulated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.”
Russia occupies around a fifth of Ukraine after over two and a half years of war as well as the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed in 2014.
Zelensky is in the United States to present his plan for victory but so far only the outlines of the proposal are known. The Foreign Ministry stated that temporary solutions “cannot restore complete peace, but only postpone the war.”
The international pressure on Russia to vacate occupied territories must be increased, it added. “This is a realistic scenario that we can realize through joint efforts,” the ministry said.
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