Ukrainian former officials and analysts say giving up Crimea is unlikely to result in a deal
Smoke can be seen from the beach at Saky, Crimea, after a Ukrainian strike on a Russian air base in 2022 by force, and would instead look to a diplomatic solution, as polls showed growing Ukrainian public support for a negotiated settlement even at the cost of territorial concessions.would insist on regaining all territory seized by Russia since 2014, including the peninsula that is described as “temporarily occupied” in official statements.
Support for total victory was lowest in regions that have been worst affected by war such as Donetsk and Kharkiv.the president had bowed to the inevitable but the apparent concession would still not produce a peace deal. “There are few options left – a ceasefire, interim peace agreements and a situation where both we and the Russian Federation consider these territories to be ours legally. Such situations are known in modern history – Northern Cyprus, for example.”Ihor Lutsenko, a Ukrainian former MP now serving in the military, suggested the West was trying to “force Ukrainian leaders to surrender under the cover of compromise and avoiding further violence.
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