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\n\u201cOur position regarding our territory is clear: territorial integrity must be respected. I won\u2019t repeat myself; everyone knows where we stand. We are fighting for our state, for what is ours. We are not fighting on foreign soil, so what questions could there be for us? These are two fundamentally different positions\u2014the Ukrainian and the Russian.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The President also highlighted the challenges in negotiating with Russia over the exchange of political prisoners. He noted that while Moscow is unwilling to return them, Ukraine remains committed to working on the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":84374,"template":"","publication-type":[43],"class_list":["post-84375","press-center","type-press-center","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","publication-type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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