Zelensky conditioned Ukraine’s neutral nation on the liberation of the entire territory of the country, including Donbas and Crimean

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has conditioned Russia’s demands on neutrality with the liberation of the entire Ukraine, including the Donbus region (east) and the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow merged in 2014, EFE reports.

In an interview with Saudi Arabian television channel Al Arabiya on Monday night, Zelenski said:The Russians claim to be neutral, and most important to us is the liberation of Donbus and all temporarily occupied territories, as well as the also occupied Crimean Peninsula. “

Zelensky seeks to crush Russia, which Ukraine is not joining NATO and wants to remain neutral, through a referendum in an independent occupied territory, following a model held in Crimean in 2014. I blamed it again for doing so. Peninsula.

The President of Ukraine, in addition to the release of the whole country, to accept the neutral nation demanded by Moscow, “Security is needed to prevent Ukraine from being similarly attacked in the future or exposed to other types of weapons in the event of a war as it is today.”

In any case, he reiterated that any decision in this regard would be subject to a “referendum in which the entire nation participates.”

Regarding the process of negotiations with Russia, Zelensky said:Russian negotiators are incapable of making decisions, but Russian President Vladimir always has the last word“That’s why he insists on a direct dialogue with the head of state of Russia.

The siege imposed by Russian warships on Ukrainian ports could cause the world to stop exporting from Ukraine, which is a concern for some Arab countries that rely heavily on European commodities such as wheat and sunflowers. There is this year’s food crisis, he said. “