'Without this meeting, it is impossible to fully understand what they are ready for in order to stop the war,' said the Ukrainian president.
and Ukraine's demand for a full withdrawal of Russian forces and firm security assurances.
"This is a very difficult situation for everyone. For Crimea, Donbas, and for everyone. In order to find a way out, you have to take this first step, which I have mentioned: security guarantees, the end of the war," he continued."It's a compromise for everyone: for the West, which doesn't know what to do with us with regard to NATO; for Ukraine, which wants security guarantees; and for Russia, which doesn't want further NATO expansion.
Zelenskyy went on to say that major compromise proposals would be put to the Ukrainian public in a referendum, adding that Ukrainians won't accept ultimatums of the kind Russia issued in the case ofOn Sunday, Russia said that Ukrainian authorities must lay down arms and surrender the city or face"military tribunals." Ukrainian officials rejected Russia's demands.Monday.
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