Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Ukrainian public would not accept a peace deal that requires Kyiv to unilaterally withdraw from the entirety of the Donbas region – including areas Moscow has not been able to conquer in 12 years of war – and hand it over to Russia, according to an interview published by Axios on Tuesday, Feb. 17. As Zelensky spoke to the US outlet, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators were holding a third round of direct talks in Geneva, where control over the