Any reduction of Ukraine's military is red line – Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that in future negotiations with Russia, Ukraine will not recognize the occupied territories as Russian and will not agree to a reduction in the size of its army.

According to Ukrainska Pravda, he made this statement during a working visit to the Chernihiv region.

"Other geopolitical things are the non-recognition of any territories occupied by Russia as Russian. These are Ukrainian territories... This is one of the most important red lines for us. Anyway, these territories are temporarily occupied.

A just peace will come when all these territories are regained. But if it's possible to find a compromise so that their recovery happens over time through diplomatic means, I think that, for some territories, this will probably be the only way," Zelenskyy said.