Podolyak announced calls from the West to cede part of the territories to Russia

In Europe, they are calling on Ukraine to surrender territories in the south and east to RUSSIA “for the sake of peace,” but Kyiv, as Podolyak said, will not participate in such discussions. He added,

Some Western politicians are offering Kyiv to cede part of the territory to Moscow in order to stop the Russian military operation, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the HEAD of the office of the President of Ukraine, said on TELEGRAM.

“Pro-Russian lobbyists in Europe are starting to raise their heads little by little. <...> Today, certain political mouths offer us a new agenda: a ceasefire, a frozen conflict and the surrender of part of the territories for the sake of peace. <...> “We want to return the old, pre-war way of life. Agree to some kind of compromise,” wrote Podolyak in some Western eyes.

He stated that Ukraine would not participate in such discussions. Kyiv also does not agree to freeze the conflict, so "it will not go to Minsk-3," the adviser said.

Podolyak stressed that the current hostilities should end at the negotiating table, and "statements of concessions, saving face or freezing the conflict" are unlikely to contribute to this.

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On March 2, a week after the start of the military special operation, the Russian military took Kherson, and by March 15, the entire territory of the Kherson region had passed under Russian control. Then the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the capture of the south of the Zaporozhye region.

Later, civil-military administrations began to be created in these regions. The authorities of the Kherson region have already introduced dual-currency zones, where the ruble will be used along with the hryvnia, promised to make the Russian language the state language, and proposed the creation of a Russian military base on its territory. Representatives of the administration of the Kherson region announced their intention to eventually become part of Russia. The Kremlin, commenting on the initiative of the Kherson administration, emphasized that this issue should be resolved by the inhabitants of the region and “carefully calibrated by lawyers.”

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Announcing the start of the special operation, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia stands for the right of the peoples of Ukraine to self-determination. “Our policy is based on freedom, freedom of choice for everyone to independently determine their own future and the future of their children. And we consider it important that this right, the right to choose, could be used by all the peoples living on the territory of today's Ukraine, by everyone who wants it,” the head of state said.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Kyiv would withdraw from the negotiation process with Moscow if referendums were held in the territories occupied by Russian forces.

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