in the world who say just give putin the donbas, just give putin eastern ukraine, stop the bloodshed, let him have the territory? what would your message be about that? translator: in the centuries-old history of ukraine there is the story that ukraine has either taken some territory or needs to give you some territory. ukraine and the people of our state are absolutely clear. we don t want anyone else s territory, and we are not going to give up our own. zelenskyy also called the situation in mariupol inhuman. and he says any more russian war crimes would make negotiations impossible. so let s begin this hour in kyiv. that s where we find cnn s phil black. phil, russian forces have stepped up attacks in the capital and the surrounding areas just over the past couple
towards kyiv. that is why for us this battle is very important for many reasons. it is very important to win this battle. what do you say to people either in ukraine or elsewhere in the world who say just give putin the donbas, just give putin eastern ukraine, stop the blood shed, let him have the territory. what would your message be about that? reporter: in the centuries old history of ukraine, there is the story that ukraine has either taken some territory or needs to give up some territory. ukraine and the people of our state are absolutely clear. we don t want anyone else s territory, and we are not going to give up our own. you ve inspired a lot of people, including not just here in ukraine but around the world.
military and russian leadership. this is why we understand the fact that we fault them off and they left and they were running away from kyiv, from the north, from cher new year s eve, it doesn t mean that won t come further towards kyiv. that is why for us this battle is very important for many reasons. it is very important to win this battle. what do you say to people either in ukraine or elsewhere in the world who say just give putin the donbas, just give putin eastern ukraine. stop the bloodshed. let him have the territory. what would your message be about that? in the centuries-old history of ukraine, there s story that ukraine has either taken territory or needs to give up territory. ukraine and the people of our
either in ukraine or elsewhere in the world who say, just give putin the donbas, just give putin eastern ukraine, stop the bloodshed, let him have the territory. what would your message be about that? translator: in the centuries old history of ukraine, there is the story that ukraine has either taken some territory or needs to give up some territory. ukraine and the people of our state are absolutely clear. we don t want anyone else s territory and we are not going to give up our own. the biden administration keeps saying they re giving you this aid to put ukraine in a better negotiating position for diplomatic solution. is that the goal to put you in a better negotiating position or is the goal to defeat russia and get them to leave?
what do you say to people either in ukraine or elsewhere in the world who say just give putin the donbas, just give putin eastern ukraine, stop the bloodshed, let him have the territory, what would your message be about that? in the centuries old history of ukraine, there s story that ukraine has either taken territory or needs to give up territory. ukraine and the people of our state are absolutely clear. we don t want anyone else s territory and we are not going to give up our own. he s a leader, but he s also a dad who is worried about his family. i asked president zelenskyy about how they re coping next. stay with us.