Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has agreed to hold a dialogue with Russia on the recognition of Crimea, DNR and LNR. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

“I am talking about security guarantees. I think that the points on temporarily occupied territories and unrecognized republics, which are not recognized by anyone but Russia, we can discuss and find a compromise,” Zelensky said.

He noted that he was ready to seek compromise on these issues. In his opinion, the main thing now is to understand “how people will live there in the future”.

“Regarding NATO, I cooled to this issue after we realized that NATO is not ready to accept Ukraine. The alliance is afraid of contradictory things and confrontation with Russia,” Zelensky added.

Asked whether Ukraine was ready to go along with Russia’s demands for a ceasefire, the Ukrainian president said: “First of all, I am ready for dialog, but we are not ready for capitulation”.