{"id":1271088,"date":"2025-12-16T09:20:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1271088"},"modified":"2025-12-16T09:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:20:32","slug":"zelenskyy-we-will-recognize-donbas-as-russian-neither-de-jure-nor-de-facto-main-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-we-will-recognize-donbas-as-russian-neither-de-jure-nor-de-facto-main-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy: We will recognize Donbas as \u201cRussian\u201d neither de jure nor de facto, &#8211; Main Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine will not agree to either legal or \u201cde facto\u201d recognition of the occupied eastern part of Ukraine as belonging to Russia, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said this while speaking to the media after negotiations in Berlin on December 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked about the future of Donetsk region, Zelenskyy noted that Russia wants to seize the region, Ukraine does not want to give it up, and the United States is trying to propose a compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are proposing a \u2018free economic zone.\u2019 And I want to emphasize once again: a \u2018free economic zone\u2019 does not mean one under the control of the Russian Federation. These are essential features for me in any format concerning Donbas. Neither de jure nor de facto will we recognize Donbas as Russian \u2014 the part that is temporarily occupied. Absolutely,\u201d the president stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt this point, we do not yet have consensus on this issue. But on other issues, there is progress,\u201d Zelenskyy added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zelenskyy on the peace plan: we are expecting five documents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other statements by the President of Ukraine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Americans want a quick end to the war. For us, quality matters. If speed and quality coincide, we support both wholeheartedly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We are not talking about a referendum at this stage. For now, we are trying to do everything possible not to further complicate the already difficult lives of Ukrainians because of the war.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ukraine supports the idea of a Christmas ceasefire as a format for ending hostilities. The Ukrainian leader noted that the United States also supports this initiative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMuch depends on Russia\u2019s political will, but much also depends on our work on the documents,\u201d Zelenskyy added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A reparations-style loan or any format for using frozen Russian assets is a financial security guarantee for Ukraine, \u2014 Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president said the amount in question is between $150\u2013200 billion, and $210 billion in total. There are currently two possible scenarios:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Plan A<\/strong> \u2014 an end to the war. In this case, the funds received and subsequent tranches would be directed toward Ukraine\u2019s recovery and reconstruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Plan B<\/strong> \u2014 continued Russian aggression. In this case, Ukraine is counting on \u20ac40\u201345 billion in financial assistance annually, which could be used to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the defense sector, and the country\u2019s security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Putin rejects the developments on the peace plan, there will be turbulence, \u2014 Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President of Ukraine expressed the view that Putin is most likely unwilling to accept the proposed changes to Trump\u2019s peace plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zelenskyy said that in this case, the United States would increase pressure on Russia through sanctions and provide Ukraine with more weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a previous round of talks last week, Zelenskyy described what the U.S. \u201ccompromise vision\u201d regarding Donbas looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to media reports, during the Berlin negotiations U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner pressured the Ukrainian side to give up the part of Donbas under its control. Ukraine\u2019s Foreign Ministry later warned against trusting information from anonymous sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to sources in U.S. media, Washington believes that \u201c90% of the disagreements\u201d between Ukraine and Russia have been resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/european-leaders-issue-joint-statement-on-peace-negotiations-regarding-ukraine\/\">European leaders issue joint statement on peace negotiations regarding Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine will not agree to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1267348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415,36422],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1271088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zelenskyy: We will recognize Donbas as \u201cRussian\u201d neither de jure nor de facto, - Main Statements - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-we-will-recognize-donbas-as-russian-neither-de-jure-nor-de-facto-main-statements\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zelenskyy: We will recognize Donbas as \u201cRussian\u201d neither de jure nor de facto, - Main Statements - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine will not agree to ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-we-will-recognize-donbas-as-russian-neither-de-jure-nor-de-facto-main-statements\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-16T07:20:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-16T07:20:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/198-820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-we-will-recognize-donbas-as-russian-neither-de-jure-nor-de-facto-main-statements\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-we-will-recognize-donbas-as-russian-neither-de-jure-nor-de-facto-main-statements\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Zelenskyy: We will recognize Donbas as \u201cRussian\u201d neither de jure nor de facto, &#8211; 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