On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Crimea doesn’t appear to be on the table in talks “or not yet. We will see, I don’t know.” And he wants to have a ceasefire and then have talks once the killing stopped.
Host Sean Hannity asked, [relevant exchange begins around 5:35] “There was a long period of time where there was a lot of pressure brought to bear on you and your country to give up land in a deal, and you were steadfast, no way. Where do you stand on that issue today? Is Crimea back on the table?”
Zelensky answered, “[It appears] to not, or not yet. We will see, I don’t know. So, the most important between us, the land is very important, it’s our territory, it’s our history, it’s about our houses. But the most important [is] not to lose people. That’s why we always say that we are ready to support the idea of our allies, just to have [a] ceasefire, and then move…to diplomacy. Ceasefire not to lose people, this is where we are. But Putin, what we see, he gives absolute opposite messages. He wants to make [a] big mobilization, 500,000 new — 500,000 soldiers, at the beginning of — from the very beginning of autumn. This is what’s going on with him. I think that is really crazy. They lose 30,000 soldiers per month.”
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