Zelensky warns against giving away territory
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
President Zelensky has hailed what he called "important steps" in peace talks for Ukraine, but said making territorial concessions to Russia's leader would be rewarding him for theft.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service. I'm Celia Hatton, and I'm coming to you live from London. |
| 0:16.3 | First, it's a busy week inside the United States. Americans are rushing to get ready for one of the |
| 0:23.1 | country's biggest holidays of the year. Thanksgiving. Donald Trump added to the frenzy for |
| 0:29.3 | diplomats across several capitals when he issued a Thursday deadline for Ukraine to agree to a peace |
| 0:36.1 | plan drafted by U.S. and Russian officials. |
| 0:39.5 | That tight schedule could underscore the president's desire to put a swift end to the conflict |
| 0:45.0 | to end the bloodshed, or his frustration with Kiev's carried on so long. Either way, |
| 0:51.3 | the demand and the 28-point plan set off a fresh round of talks, |
| 0:56.7 | with Ukraine, the U.S., and a host of other countries getting involved. |
| 1:00.7 | President Zelensky gave an address to the Swedish Parliament this morning, |
| 1:04.8 | in which he said the main problem facing the talks |
| 1:07.8 | was Vladimir Putin's demand for legal recognition of the territory Russia had |
| 1:13.0 | stolen, to use his word, from Ukraine. |
| 1:16.4 | Putin wants legal recognition for what he has stolen to break the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty. |
| 1:28.0 | And that's the main problem. |
| 1:30.6 | You all understand what that means. |
| 1:33.8 | He wants it not only from Ukraine. |
| 1:37.0 | He wants it from the whole world, and it's very dangerous. |
| 1:42.7 | Negotiations on that original 28-point plan have concluded between the US and Ukraine. |
| 1:49.2 | The BBC's Imogen folks has been following those talks in Geneva. |
| 1:53.0 | I think there's one thing. Everybody has in common. |
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