Why Zelensky can't and won't give up Crimea

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : If a landgrab unrecognised by the international community is approved by the US as legal, what would that mean for international law and the principles of the UN charter?Weeks after Russia's full-scale war began, there was an initial proposal in Istanbul to park the issue so that Russia and Ukraine would aim to resolve it in the next 10-15 years.
38% : For Trump, Ukraine's southern peninsula was "lost years ago" and "is not even a part of discussion" in peace talks.
35% : Trump is correct that there is little chance of Ukraine regaining Crimea in the foreseeable future, and it is in reality - de facto - under Russian control.
26% : Trump made the point that "if [Volodymyr Zelensky] wants Crimea, why didn't they fight for it 11 years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired?"Few shots were fired, but Crimea was seized at gunpoint during a power vacuum.
10% : Trump criticises Zelensky over CrimeaUS intensifies bid to end warZelensky's implication is that Trump backed Ukraine on Crimea then, and should stick to that now.

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