Ukraine will only negotiate a peace deal with Russia once the Kremlin’s armies have fully retreated from Donbas and Crimea, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
His comments scotched suggestions that Ukraine may look for peace talks if its counteroffensive pushes Russian forces back to the border of occupied Crimea.
“The borders of February 24 2022 are not our borders. That was the contact line between us and the occupiers,” Mr Zelensky said in comments made as Pedro Sanchez, Spain’s prime minister, visited Kyiv.
#Ukraine: Ukrainian forces used two FPV loitering munitions to destroy a Russian BTR APC in Marinka, #Donetsk Oblast. pic.twitter.com/XYKHa6ZoVl
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) July 1, 2023
