He stated this in his Telegram channel.

"There can be no peace at the expense of territorial compromises," Zelensky said.

He also said that, according to Kiev, the territorial integrity of Ukraine should be restored within the borders of 1991.

Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Ukraine, Sergei Nikiforov, said that the peace plans of Kiev and Beijing had found common ground.

Today, Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation with Zelensky.

On April 7, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that negotiations on a settlement in Ukraine could only be held on the basis of taking into account Russian interests.

Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014: the majority of residents voted in favor of reunification with Russia.

On September 30, 2022, Putin signed agreements on the entry of four new subjects into the Russian Federation - the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.