Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski He asked today (29/04/2025) by the international community not to “give” any ground in Ukraine in Vladimir Putin.
These statements by Volodimir Zelenski They are perceived as a message in the US considering to give Crimea to Crimea to Vladimir Putin with the purpose of End of war in Ukraine.
According to reports, proposals by US government Donald Trump For war settlement of war include de Jure recognition by US control of Russia in Crimeathe Ukrainian Peninsula occupied and attached to Moscow in 2014, plus de facto recognition in areas of southern and eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow forces.
«We all want this war to end in a fair way, without gifts to Putin, and especially not territories“, Zelenski told a regional summit.
Russia partially holds four provinces in southern and eastern Ukraine; Donetsk, Luhank, Zaporizia and Hersona, which he unilaterally annexed in 2022 with referendums, condemned by Kiev and the West.
In 2014, Moscow also unilaterally annexed the Ukrainian Peninsula of Crimea with a corresponding referendum after intervention by military special forces.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that international recognition of these attachments is a “imperative” prerequisite for the end of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in 2022.
Zelenski has repeatedly stated in recent days that such a possibility of Russian recognition is unacceptable to Kiev.
Trump said on Sunday that the position of the Ukrainian leader on this issue may change.