Kate from Kharkiv@BohuslavskaKate
CORRIERE DELLA SERA: If you had guarantees from your allies with their troops on the ground, would you be ready to abandon all of Donbas?
ZELENSKYY: First of all, the Russians don't want foreign troops in Ukraine. And I believe Europe should be more firm on this point. I don't see why Moscow should decide which troops are stationed on our soil.
Second, I will never leave Donbas and the 200,000 Ukrainians who live there. Why on earth should I do that? Because Putin imposes it as a condition for peace? And will he immediately impose new demands? No, I'm not having it.
Besides, our best defense strongholds are here; if we withdraw, the Russians will have a free hand towards the center of the country.