EU’s Kallas warns against Ukraine land concessions, calls territorial demands ‘Russian playbook’

PARIS, March 26 (Reuters) – The European Unions is worried about Ukraine being pressured ​by the United ‌States into ceding territory in negotiations with Russia, the EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas ‌said ​on Thursday.

“This ⁠is clearly a ⁠wrong approach. It is, of course, the Russian playbook of negotiations, that they are ​demanding something that has never been theirs, and ⁠that’s why we ⁠are also flagging ​that this is the trap ​that we should not walk ‌into,” Kallas said on the sidelines of a G7 meeting in France.

Ukrainian President ⁠Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Reuters that the U.S. had been linking its ⁠offer ‌for security guarantees ⁠on the condition ​that ‌Kyiv would cede the ​eastern region ⁠of Donbas to Moscow.

(Reporting by Andrew Gray, Charlotte Van Campenhout; Writing by Gianluca Lo Nostro; Editing by ​Brussels Bureau)