Ceding any territory in the eastern component of Ukraine to Russia is a dealbreaker and not up for negotiation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported in an interview that aired Sunday.

As Russian forces equipment up for an anticipated main offensive in the eastern section of Ukraine, the Ukrainian leader appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday and informed host Jake Tapper that he will not think about supplying up pieces of his country in the Donbas region to convey an conclusion to the war with Russia.

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UKRAINIAN Foreign MINISTER: MARIUPOL ‘DOESN’T EXIST ANYMORE’

“Ukraine and the individuals of our states are unquestionably obvious: We don’t want any person else’s territory and we are not likely to give up our own,” Zelensky mentioned.

“We cannot give up our territory, but we have to discover at the very least some dialogue with Russia if they are capable and if we are however completely ready. But the likelihood of this are increasing less by the working day,” Zelensky reported

The Ukrainian chief believes that offering up territory in the Donbas, both via negotiation or by military services pressure, does not warranty that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s army will end there.

“I really do not rely on the Russian army and Russian management,” Zelensky said. “That is why we understand that the simple fact that we fought them off and they still left, and they ended up working absent from Kyiv — from the north, from Chernihiv and from that course — it does not imply if they are able to capture Donbas, they won’t arrive further towards Kyiv.”

In his nightly tackle on Sunday, Zelensky advised Ukrainians that a Russian offensive in the east will “start in the close to foreseeable future,” and the invading military seeks to “wipe out” cities in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of jap Ukraine.

“Russian troops are making ready for an offensive operation in the east of our region. It will begin in the near long term. They want to actually finish off and ruin Donbas. Demolish anything that once gave glory to this industrial area. Just as the Russian troops are destroying Mariupol, they want to wipe out other towns and communities in the Donetsk and Luhansk locations.”

Zelensky instructed Ukrainian media above the weekend that if Russian forces eliminate Ukraine’s remaining troop holdouts in Mariupol, it would proficiently finish peace negotiations with Russia.

“The destruction of all our fellas in Mariupol — what they are doing now — can set an conclude to any format of negotiations,” the Ukrainian president explained on Saturday.

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Zelensky proceeds to plead with Western allies to provide arms and ammunition to Ukraine as shortly as achievable, declaring on Sunday that the Kremlin interprets delays as an invitation to destroy.

“Those who have the weapons and ammunition we have to have and delay their provision must know that the fate of this fight also depends on them. The fate of men and women who can be saved … each individual delay in weapons, every political hold off is a permission for Russia to take the lives of Ukrainians. This is how Russia interprets it,” Zelensky said.