Ukraine will not give up its territories in exchange for achieving peace. This statement was made by the head of the President's Office, Andriy Yermak, in an interview with a journalist The Atlantic Simon Schuster.

"Today, no sane person will sign a document on the cession of territories. While Zelensky is president, no one should count on us to cede territory. He will not sign a document on the cession of territory. The Constitution prohibits this. No one can do this unless they want to go against the Ukrainian Constitution and the Ukrainian people," Yermak said.

According to him, Ukraine is ready to discuss only where the line should be drawn, demarcating the territories controlled by the warring parties.

"All we can really talk about now is defining the line of contact. And that's what we need to do," he added.

War in Ukraine: other statements

Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz said that Ukraine would need strong armed forces and security guarantees after any peace deal was reached. He also insisted that Kyiv should not be forced to cede territory.

Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, People's Deputy of the Holos faction Roman Kostenko emphasized in an interview with UNIAN that no progress in negotiations It is not worth waiting until the end of 2025. According to him, there are points in the"peace plan" that dictator Putin will hold on to as an excuse not to end the war.