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airspace,’ said a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The commander ‘activated all available forces and resources at his disposal’. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22963162 lazyload\" alt=\"An injured woman sits near her house, which was damaged by a Russian airstrike, in a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. 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Some 4.6 million Ukrainians have fled their homes in the occupied territories and Crimea.<\/p>\n<p>But Zelensky said ceding territory is out of the question, declaring: ‘There is nothing to talk about. It is our land, the land of the Ukrainian people.’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22962951 lazyload\" alt=\"Paramedics and a rescuer carry the body of a person found under debris of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 24, 2025. 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wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22941385 lazyload\" alt=\"This photo cannot be distributed in the Russian Federation. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ukrinform\/Shutterstock (15259210b) President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a briefing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk\/Ukrinform) Briefing of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on April 17, 2025, Ukraine - 17 Apr 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_247937494-9e4b.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Volodymyr Zelensky has refused to hand over any land to Russia (Picture: Ukrinform\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Putin has long said that he would sign a peace agreement in which Ukraine withdraws troops from the<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/09\/30\/russia-putin-to-announce-annexation-of-four-ukrainian-territories-17478097\/\"> four provinces he abruptly annexed in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The deal says that Ukraine and Russia would ‘freeze’ territorial lines, leaving Russian forces deep inside occupied eastern Ukraine. 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