{"id":1557,"date":"2025-08-13T02:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T02:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2025-08-15T13:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:58:59","slug":"zelensky-refuses-to-leave-donbass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/zelensky-refuses-to-leave-donbass\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky refuses to leave Donbass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ceding territory to Russia would only lead to a new war, the Ukrainian leader has claimed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukrainian troops will not voluntarily leave the territory they currently occupy in Donbass, Vladimir Zelensky has said, dismissing suggestions that the land could be included in a potential swap deal with Russia.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Zelensky claimed that ceding land in Donbass to Russia would only allow Moscow to begin a new war in a couple of years and push deeper into Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not leave Donbass. We cannot do this. Everyone forgets the main issue \u2013 our territories are illegally occupied,\u201d<\/em> Zelensky stated. He alleged that the land would only serve as a \u201cspringboard\u201d<\/em> for Moscow to launch a new campaign against Ukraine in a couple of years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAny issue of territories cannot be separated from security guarantees. Otherwise, now they want to gift them about 9,000 square kilometers\u00a0\u2013 this is about 30% of the Donetsk region, and this is a springboard for their new aggression,\u201d<\/em> he claimed.<\/p>\n

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The remarks come after US President Donald Trump said a potential peace deal between Moscow and Kiev was bound to require territorial concessions from both sides. \u201cThey\u2019ve [Russia] occupied some very prime territory. We\u2019re going to try and get some of that territory back for Ukraine,\u201d<\/em> Trump said on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Lugansk (LPR) and Donetsk (DPR) People\u2019s Republics, as well as Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, became part of Russia following referendums held in 2022. While the LPR was fully liberated by the Russian military earlier this year, Moscow\u2019s control over other former Ukrainian regions remains partial. Kiev has maintained its claim to the four territories, as well as to Crimea, which voted to join Russia shortly after the 2014 Western-backed armed coup in Kiev.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zelensky has publicly rejected any territorial concessions, although Moscow has insisted that any potential peace deal must involve\u00a0the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Russia\u2019s new regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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