"We did not want it to last two days, because we did not need war in any form or format. No smart person in the world can want war, because it is only losses, human losses. However, when it comes to our survival, what we have to do? We do what we should. Men and women. Speaking about the prospects for the end of the conflict, he expressed his hope that international pressure, primarily from the United States and the Global South countries, would force Moscow to sit at the negotiating table.
"I hope, with all the respect to all the leaders, which, first of all, the power of the United States . . . Everyone will squeeze Putin to sit at the negotiating table and stop the war," the President added. Zelensky paid special attention to the issue of territorial concessions. The direct question of the journalist about his readiness to recognize new borders, the President replied that Ukraine never recognizes these territories in Russian, but there is one nuance.
"Between us, if you look at today, if there is a ceasefire tomorrow, and everyone will understand that if we do not have the strength to return these territories, then we are ready to speak about it. We are ready to return them once in the future diplomatic, not with the help of weapons. And I think it is a good compromise for everyone. Earlier, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview that Putin would be more afraid of internal pressure from Russian society.
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