"On the territory issue, Americans are simple: Russia demands Ukraine to give up territories, and Americans keep thinking how to make it happen."
"The Americans insist that Ukraine must leave the Donbas ... one way or another."
"Under our laws, under international law - and under moral law - we have no right to give anything away."
"Russia is insisting that we give up territories, but we don't want to cede anything. We are fighting for that, as you well know."
US administration is insisting that Ukraine pull back from the Donbas region partially occupied by Russia. Vladimir Putin is demanding territorial concessions and EU officials are saying the war should be frozen along current frontlines. Washington is applying intense pressure on Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky to cede territory to end the war, despite Kyiv treating any cession as a red line. Kyiv argues that giving land to Russia will invite further aggression and refuses to surrender territory under domestic, international, and moral law. Putin has warned that Russia will seize the Donbas by force if Ukraine refuses. Some officials link U.S. pressure to political timelines.
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