Zelenskyy responds to Vance's remarks about "haggling over a few square kilometres"

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has commented on JD Vance's remarks about Ukraine and Russia "haggling over a few square kilometres", pointing out that the US vice president is not taking part in the peace negotiations.

Source: Zelenskyy during a briefing, cited by Ukrinform, as reported by European Pravda

Details: During a visit to Hungary, Vance stated that he considers it unreasonable for Ukraine and Russia to haggle over "a few square kilometres".

"With all due respect, the vice president is not taking part in the negotiations between the US and Ukraine and Russia. And I think that if he and other officials were involved in these negotiations, they would probably... have a deeper understanding of what a 'patch of land' is, what... Ukrainian territory, independent Ukrainian territory, is," Zelenskyy said, commenting on Vance's remarks.

He stressed that the occupation of territory is one of Russia's goals, and it always has been in one form or another.

Commenting on the negotiations to end the Russo-Ukrainian war, Vance questioned the value of arguing over "a few square kilometres", apparently implying that Kyiv should make territorial concessions.

Prior to this, Vance had once again praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for his position on Ukraine.

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