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Polish President Andrzej Duda said both Ukraine and Russia will need to “step down” and “compromise” in order to reach a peace deal and end Moscow’s war.
His comments come as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to walk away from the peace process his administration is brokering unless there is substantial progress soon.
The issue of Crimea is a major obstacle to a deal. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Kyiv refuses to acknowledge Russian sovereignty over Crimea.
“It has to be a compromise,” Duda told Euronews in an interview published on Thursday morning.
“I mean, de facto this peace should, in my personal opinion, come down to the fact that neither side will be able to say that it won this war, because each side in some sense will have to step down.
“Ukraine will also have to step down in some sense, because that’s what will probably happen. To what extent? It is difficult for me to answer at this stage.”
He added: “The war is exhausting Russia, Vladimir Putin is playing a risky game. This war is exploiting Ukraine in a terrible way. These countries want to end the war. Each of them wants to win this war, that’s natural.”
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