Some Western politicians and leaders see a difference between Russia's annexation of Crimea and the occupied territories of Ukraine.

Kremlin propaganda created a myth that Crimea is something special, even compared to the occupied Donbas.

In an interview with TSN.ua, the head of the "Regional security and conflict research" direction of the Ilko Kucheriv Foundation for Democratic Initiatives and Maria Zolkina, a researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, told about this.

"In order to dispel the myth,

. Diplomatically, this means that Ukraine does not need to say in an open information campaign conducted by officials that Ukraine will liberate all its occupied territories. That is, to insist that

This line has disappeared for the political leadership and, most importantly, for Ukrainian society. About 7% of us are ready to sacrifice some part of the Ukrainian territory for the sake of an imaginary peace with Russia, according to the results of a December opinion poll," she said .

Zolkina emphasized that Ukrainian diplomacy needs to clearly convey to Western partners that the Defense Forces are ready to liberate Crimea. 

"At the same time, behind closed doors, Ukrainian diplomacy must clearly convey to our partners that we are determined to de-occupy Crimea. In order not to provoke hysteria on the part of Russia. Putin needs much more than the status of Crimea. And this is a very good argument for Kyiv. Perhaps not so much actively in the open information space than with our Western partners. Tell them the plan is to liberate the entire territory," she said.

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