President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that negotiations with Russia on ending the war must take into account the current line of contact and that he is ready to discuss territorial issues only with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin during a trilateral Ukraine-US-Russia meeting.

Source: Zelenskyy at a press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Quote: “We need real negotiations. This means that they can begin only where the front line is now. The contact line is the best line for talks. Europeans support this, and we’re grateful to everyone.”

Details: Zelenskyy stressed that “Russia still has no successes in Donetsk Oblast, Putin has not been able to capture it for 12 years”. He also reiterated that Ukraine’s Constitution “rules out surrendering territory or trading land”.

Quote: "Since the territorial issue is so important, it must be discussed only by the leaders of Ukraine and Russia during a trilateral Ukraine-US-Russia meeting.

So far, Russia shows no sign that such a trilateral meeting will take place. If Russia refuses, then new sanctions are needed."

More details: The president also emphasised the need for a ceasefire before considering the conditions for ending the war.

Quote: “Putin has many demands and we do not know all of them. If there are really as many as we have heard, then it will take a lot of time to go through all of them, and this cannot be done under the pressure of weapons. Therefore, a ceasefire is necessary to work quickly on the final agreement. We will discuss this in Washington.”

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