Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 8, local time, that Ukraine can discuss with Russia how the people of Crimea and Donbas will live and seek a compromise solution.
According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on March 8, Zelensky made the above statement when he expressed his position on the dispute over the Crimea and Donbas regions.
On March 7, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov pointed out that Moscow could "immediately" stop special military operations in Ukraine if Kyiv met a series of conditions. These conditions include recognition of Crimea as Russian territory, recognition of the sovereignty of the "Luhansk People's Republic" and "Donetsk People's Republic", and Ukraine's refusal to join any alliance.
