If Russia follows the path of pseudo-referendums, it will close any possibility of talks with Ukraine

“In this summer time, every week there are more and more reports that the [Russian] occupiers are preparing for pseudo-referendums in the occupied areas of the south of our country. I want to say a very simple thing: everyone who helps the occupiers in any way realize their intention will be held accountable. They will bear responsibility to Ukraine. The position of our state remains the same: we will not give up anything of ours, and if the occupiers follow the path of these pseudo-referendums, they will close for themselves any possibility of negotiations with Ukraine and the free world, which the Russian side will definitely need in a certain moment,” President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated.

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