Ukraine’s military cannot independently retake Crimea and Donbas, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the French newspaper Le Parisien, published on Tuesday. He warned that entering negotiations with Putin under current conditions would give the Russian leader the power to dictate terms across the region. “First, we need to develop a model, an action plan, a peace plan — call it what you will. Then, we can present it to Putin or, more broadly, to the Russian people,” Zelensky explained.