Zelenskyy pushes again on Trump’s envoy Witkoff’s “5 territories” remarks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has commented on the assertion made by Steve Witkoff, Trump’s particular envoy for the Center East, who stated the important thing to a peace deal revolves round "5 territories".

Supply: Interfax-Ukraine, citing Zelenskyy’s remarks at a press convention with NATO Secretary Normal Mark Rutte in Odesa, as reported by European Pravda

Quote: "Ukraine is a sovereign state, and solely the Ukrainian individuals can discuss its territories.

All territories belong to the unitary state of Ukraine. As soon as once more – solely the Ukrainian individuals can discuss our territories. And you realize what our purple traces are – we’ll by no means recognise any quickly occupied territories as Russian.

Subsequently, these people are discussing issues past their mandate."

Background:

  • Witkoff said on Fox Information {that a} peace deal would contain settling the difficulty of "so-called 5 territories", although he didn’t specify which of them.
  • Beforehand, in a high-profile interview with Tucker Carlson, Witkoff claimed that the most important concern on this battle was the "so-called 4 areas", however then listed 5: "Donbas, Crimea, Luhansk, and two extra".
  • Following these remarks, Reuters reported that a few of Witkoff’s statements and actions relating to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine have drawn criticism within the White Home and amongst Republicans.

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