Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has floated the prospect of allowing Ukrainians to vote on whether to hand Donbas region to Russia as Kyiv comes under mounting pressure to agree to terms of an emerging U.S. peace plan.
Moscow has insisted that Ukraine withdraw its forces from the eastern territories, which include areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that the Russian military has failed to capture in its nearly four-year invasion.
Zelenskyy has engaged in talks over the latest peace proposal from U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s administration, but has maintained his position that Ukraine won¡¯t consider surrendering territory to the Kremlin.
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