Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has said that Ukraine should not give up its territories as part of any peace agreement with Russia.

Source: Politico

Details: Speaking to journalists in Luxembourg after a meeting of EU foreign ministers, Kallas made her position clear on the inadmissibility of trading Ukrainian territories.

Quote: "If we just give away the territories, then this gives a message to everybody that you can just use force against your neighbours and get what you want. I think this is very dangerous. That's why we have the international law in place, [so] that nobody does that."

Details: During a meeting last Friday, Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy, suggested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should give up Donbas as part of a ceasefire agreement. Trump himself said in an interview with Fox News on Sunday 19 October that Russia would keep part of the territory it captured during the war.

According to a Politico source, EU leaders expressed their support for Zelenskyy after the White House meeting. Meanwhile, European leaders were cautious in their statements about whether Ukraine should retain all of its territory under a potential peace deal.

Background: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that no one should pressure Zelenskyy into making territorial concessions in the Russo-Ukrainian war.

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