Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffimed his firm refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for a painful compromise with Russia as he continued to rally European support for Ukraine.
“Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territories. We, clearly, don’t want to give up anything. That’s what we are fighting for,” Zelenskyy said in a WhatsApp chat late Monday in which he answered reporters’ questions.
“Do we consider ceding any territories? According to the law we don’t have such right. According to Ukraine’s law, our constitution, international law, and to be frank, we don’t have a moral right either.”



Life under Russian occupation: ‘Being Ukrainian – or even talking about Ukraine – puts your life at risk’
Or:
Life in Russia-occupied Ukraine: Terror, secret phones and a ban on the Ukrainian language
You find much more on life in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, and it is far from what you apparently believe it is.
I think you completely misunderstood.