Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffimed his firm refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for a painful compromise with Russia as he continued to rally European support for Ukraine.

“Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territories. We, clearly, don’t want to give up anything. That’s what we are fighting for,” Zelenskyy said in a WhatsApp chat late Monday in which he answered reporters’ questions.

“Do we consider ceding any territories? According to the law we don’t have such right. According to Ukraine’s law, our constitution, international law, and to be frank, we don’t have a moral right either.”

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    The biggest loss of the Trump administration will be that the rest of the world realized they could go on without America.

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      IMO that is the biggest success. We have gone on too long having too much sway in the world. Power we have proven over and over and over that we are not responsible enough to wield.

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      If you believe that the trump administration’s first priority is america, maybe yes.

      If their priority is making the USA irrelevant, they will succeed.

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      realized they could go on without America.

      Can they tho? Looking at the spineless European leadership I would not be so sure