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Russia should not be given any territory in peace deal, as per 82% Ukrainians

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, France's President Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (L-R) pose for a family photo at the presidential residence in Minsk on February 11, 2015, during a meeting aimed at halting a 10-month war in Ukraine where dozens were killed in the latest fighting. AFP PHOTO / MAXIM MALINOVSKY (Photo credit should read MAXIM MALINOVSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

According to a poll, the majority of Ukrainians believe that Russia should not be awarded any sections of their nation as part of a peace settlement.

According to a poll done by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, one of the country’s premier pollsters, 82 percent of respondents oppose territorial compromises, even if it means prolonging the conflict and increasing the threat to Ukraine’s independence.

Only 10% of the 2,000 respondents polled thought it was acceptable, with the remaining 8% uncertain.

77 percent of those questioned in Russian-occupied areas were opposed to the plan.

The Ukrainian administration has made it clear that it will not make any territorial concessions to Russia.

The Ukrainian administration has said repeatedly that it would not make any territorial concessions to Russia.

Despite appeals from European leaders such as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi for a ceasefire, it is not currently pursuing one.

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