Ukraine's willingness to enter negotiations with Russia following a possible ceasefire is already a "massive compromise" by Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated throughout a press convention in South Africa on April 24.
Requested in regards to the territorial concessions Ukraine is able to make, Zelensky stated that in a London assembly on April 23 between Ukrainian, European, and U.S. officers, a doc with a multi-point technique was developed and certain handed on to U.S. President Donald Trump.
"Something that contradicts our values and our structure can’t be in any agreements," Zelensky stated within the joint press convention beside his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa.
His remarks comply with reporting that the U.S. is proposing its de jure recognition of Russian management over Crimea, which Russia has occupied since 2014, as a part of a possible peace deal.
"I imagine that we had been attacked; our territories had been occupied. Tens of hundreds of individuals had been killed, many youngsters and adults had been buried alive," Zelensky stated.
"And the truth that Ukraine is able to sit down on the negotiating desk after a full ceasefire with the terrorists who organized all this on our land is an enormous compromise."
Elevated worldwide strain on Moscow, corresponding to by Western sanctions, will carry Ukraine and Russia nearer to a full, unconditional ceasefire, Zelensky stated. He additionally named the return of Ukrainian youngsters kidnapped by Russia and an all-for-all prisoners alternate amongst Kyiv's key priorities.
Whereas Kyiv has repeatedly expressed its help for a full, unconditional ceasefire, Russia has rejected this proposal.
The Kyiv IndependentChris York