Ukrainian territory

Giving up any Ukrainian territory means "giving up on the lives" that fought for it, parliament member says

From CNN's Aditi Sangal

Ukraine does not support redrawing its borders because it means “giving up on the lives that we have lost for it,” Ukrainian parliament member Kira Rudik told CNN.

“First, because it is against Ukrainian constitution, and second, because for us it is very emotional. For every inch of Ukrainian territory that we are holding onto right now, we have paid an ultimate price. And for us to give it up would mean that Ukraine is giving up on the lives that we have lost for it and the price that we have paid,” she told CNN’s Boris Sanchez, adding that it would be politically impossible.

“Ukrainian people would not accept it at all,” Rudik said.

Rudik also said that bringing peace to Ukraine would need security guarantees, which would act as a deterrence because the understanding is that “Russia would attack us again.”