Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky told said that Ukraine is unwilling to give up land in the east of the nation in order to stop the conflict with Russia. That Ukraine’s military is prepared to engage Moscow’s forces in the Donbas area in a battle that might determine the war’s outcome.

In an exclusive interview in Kyiv on Friday. Zelensky claimed that his nation has no assurance that if Russia captures Donbas, it will not try to conquer Kyiv again.

“This is why it’s critical for us to not allow them, to hold our territory. Because this fight… has the potential to change the direction of the war,” Zelensky added.

He went on to say, “Because I don’t trust the Russian military and leadership”. “That is why we realise that just because we beat them off and they fled, from Kyiv. From the north, from Chernihiv, and in that direction — doesn’t mean that if they conquer Donbas, they won’t move even closer to Kyiv.”