Kyiv denies recognition of Ukrainian territories as Russian, speaks about "Dmitriev's plan"

Ukraine will not recognize its temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbass and will not support agreements such as the "Dmitriev package" concluded without it. This was stated by the minister of foreign affairs Andriy Sybiha in an interview with reuters reported on February 6.

According to the official, any country's decision to recognize Russia's sovereignty over these regions during a peaceful settlement would be "legally null and void."

"We will never recognize this. And it will be a violation of international law. This is not about Ukraine. This is about a principle," he said.

Earlier, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Moscow offered Washington an economic deal by $12 trillion and that it was shown to the United States by the Russian dictator's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev.

Sybiha noted that some of these discussions could affect Ukraine's sovereignty or security, and that it would not support any such agreements concluded without it.

• One of Russia's main demands is the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the Ukrainian Donbas. On February 4, Zelenskyy said that the complete seizure of this territory will cost Russia 800,000 casualties and the occupiers "will not last that long".
• The next day, the head of state opposed the possibility of Russian recognition of the occupied territories of Ukraine.
• On February 6, the president said that Moscow could discuss with Washington the recognition of Ukrainian Crimea as Russian, but Kyiv says that it will not support such arrangements.