Vitali Klitschko is one of the most senior Ukrainian politicians to indicate his country may have to concede territory to try and end the killing.Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA-EFE

Ukraine may have to give up land to Russia, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko admits – POLITICO

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Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Friday that Ukraine may have to give up land in a peace agreement with Russia as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to push for a deal.

Klitschko, a former heavyweight boxing world champion, is one of the most senior Ukrainian politicians to indicate his country may have to concede territory to try and end the killing, hours after a Russian missile attack killed 12 people and injured more than 80 in the Ukrainian capital.

“One of the scenarios is … to give up territory. It’s not fair,” Klitschko told the BBC. “But for the peace, temporary peace, maybe it can be a solution, temporary.”