The issue of a possible territorial solution should be determined by the Ukrainian people, through elections or a referendum.

Axar.az reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in a statement to journalists on December 11.

Zelensky said that the American side proposes the creation of a so-called "free economic zone" or, as the Russians call it, a "demilitarized zone" in a part of Donbas. According to this plan, Ukrainian troops will remain in this part of the territory, and Russian troops will remain on its outskirts.

At the same time, Zelensky stressed that many questions remain open. More precisely, the questions of who will control this zone, what the monitoring mechanism will be, to what distance Russian troops will be withdrawn, and how to prevent the possible infiltration of Russian forces under the guise of "civilian" forces are raised.