Russia-Ukraine War: Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Sunday that if Russia proceeded with referendums in occupied areas of his nation on becoming a member of Russia, there might be no talks with Ukraine or its worldwide allies.

Russian forces and their separatist allies now maintain giant swathes of territory in jap Ukraine’s Donbas area and in southern areas after launching what the Kremlin calls a “special military operation” into its neighbour’s territory. Officials in each areas have raised the potential of holding referendums.

In his nightly video deal with, Zelensky stated Kyiv was holding quick to its place of yielding no territory to Russia.

“Our country’s position remains what it always has been. We will give up nothing of what is ours,” Zelensky stated.

“If the occupiers proceed along the path of pseudo-referendums they will close for themselves any chance of talks with Ukraine and the free world, which the Russian side will clearly need at some point.”

Russian and Ukrainian officers held a number of classes of talks quickly after Russian forces launched their invasion of Ukraine in February.

But little progress was made and no conferences have been held since late March, with both sides blaming the opposite for the halt to contacts.

Russian forces maintain most of Kherson area in southern Ukraine and officers in cost have instructed a referendum on becoming a member of Russia might be held inside the coming weeks or months.

In Donbas, Russian proxies seized chunks of territory in 2014, held independence referendums and proclaimed “people’s republics” in Luhansk and Donetsk areas. The Kremlin recognised the republics on the eve of the February invasion.

The governor of Luhansk area — nearly solely beneath Russian management for a number of weeks — instructed over the weekend that Russia was getting ready for a brand new referendum in newly captured areas and was providing residents advantages for participating.