Zelenskyy Told What the US Responded to the Transfer of Donbass to Russia
- On Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected offers to cede the Donbas in exchange for security guarantees "similar" to NATO membership, demanding clear, binding commitments instead.
- Since late 2022, Russia has demanded Ukrainian withdrawal from Donetsk and Luhansk, while U.S. negotiators recently proposed territorial concessions echoing President Trump's earlier calls to end the war.
- Zelenskyy stated, "You cannot speak to us this way when it comes to our country's independence," arguing that American negotiators must resolve sensitive territorial issues at the leaders' level.
- In Abu Dhabi, Russian and Ukrainian officials continued talks yesterday where the White House confirmed security guarantees remain a primary agenda item, though no breakthrough emerged.
- Russia likely rejects any arrangement providing Ukraine with NATO-level protection, meaning narrowing the gap between Ukraine's security demands and Russia's territorial claims remains the central obstacle to resolution.
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Everything depends on the format of American dialogue with the Russian side and the desire to put pressure on the Kremlin, the Ukrainian President believes.
Vladimir Zelensky stated that the U.S. in Abu Dhabi had insisted on the withdrawal of the U.S.U. from Donbas, as he had reported at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Michael Martin in Irish Dublin, where the European Political Community summit would take place.
US believes Ukraine must withdraw from Donbas to end the war. This is impossible – Zelenskyy
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United States is exploring different options for resolving the territorial issue to end the war, but it should only be discussed at the leaders’ level. The American side regularly raises the subject of Donbas during negotiations.
Zelensky commented on Trump's statement about a different form of Ukraine after the war. What the president said about the territories, Donbas and a possible peace agreement
KIEV. The positions are locked in negotiations to end the war – even as the US envoy claims that Ukraine and Russia have moved closer. For President Zelenskyy, there are now even more reasons to refuse concessions than when the talks collapsed last winter.
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