Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky now openly acknowledges that reclaiming Crimea by military means is not feasible, marking a shift in Ukraine’s strategy. In an interview with U.S. media, Zelensky stated that Ukraine could not bear the human cost of attempting to take back Crimea through force, stressing the need for diplomatic approaches to restore Ukrainian sovereignty over the region.

Zelensky reiterated Ukraine’s legal stance, refusing to recognize any occupied territory, including Crimea, as Russian. Crimea, which is majority Russian by population, has been under Russian control since 2014, following a referendum that Ukraine and much of the international community do not recognize as valid.

“We cannot spend dozens of thousands of our people so that they perish for the sake of Crimea coming back,” Zelensky said, expressing his hope that the peninsula can be “brought back diplomatically.”

Discussing future U.S. support for the Ukrainian military, Zelensky admitted that he does not believe the war with Russia can be won without American aid: “If they will cut, I think we will lose,” he said.

“Of course, anyway, we will stay and we will fight. We have production, but it’s not enough to prevail. And I think it is not enough to survive,” he added.

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