According to him, the new Ukrainian authorities must recognize that Crimea cannot be returned. According to Konstantinov, it’s also “impossible to return the Donbass to Kiev after people were killed there”.
“Donbass is already a special territory, which they too have to forget. Therefore, they should hold a referendum and legitimize the current real borders of Ukraine, ”he said.
Earlier Zelensky announced his intention to "fight" for the Crimea "not only with words."
Crimea became the Russian region after the referendum of 2014, in which the majority of the inhabitants of the peninsula called for reunification with Russia.