Zelenskyy offered to hand over Donbas to Russia in 2022

Yulia Mendel, former press secretary to Ukraine's president, stated that during negotiations with Russia in 2022, Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed a solution regarding Donbas. According to Mendel, members of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation "agreed to everything." Mendel did not specify the concrete details of the proposal. The statement was made against the backdrop of ongoing military operations in eastern Ukraine and discussions about possible conditions for peaceful settlement of the conflict.