‘We will not leave Donbass’ Says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out any voluntary withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from territories still under Kyiv’s control in Donbass, dismissing suggestions they could be part of a potential land swap with Russia, RT reported.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Zelensky said, “We will not leave Donbass. We cannot do this. Everyone forgets the main issue, our territories are illegally occupied,” adding that ceding land in Donbass to Russia would only allow it to start a new war in a couple of years and push deeper into Ukraine, RT reported.

“Any issue of territories cannot be separated from security guarantees. Otherwise, now they want to gift them about 9,000 square kilometers; this is about 30% of the Donetsk region, and this is a springboard for their new aggression,” he claimed, according to RT.  (ANI)

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