President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine will not recognize Donbass as Russian territory, neither de facto nor de jure, we learn from "Ukrainskaya Pravda", Zelensky announced this in a conversation with the media.
"As for Russia's position, it has not changed yet, you know that they want our Donbas. Our position is practical, realistic and fair. we defend it and do not want to surrender our Donbas. Americans want to find a compromise. they propose a free economic zone.
I emphasize once again that the free economic zone does not mean under the leadership of the Russian Federation," Zelensky said. Zelensky added that the territorial issue is being discussed, but Ukraine will not recognize the temporarily occupied part of Donbass as Russian territory. "We will neither de jure nor de facto recognize Donbass as Russian territory.
However, we will discuss the territorial issue.
You know, it is one of the key ones. We still don't have a consensus," Zelensky said.
