Kyiv recognises it can't recapture all occupied territory by force now, official says

LONDON (Reuters) - A Ukrainian authorities authoritative said connected Thursday that Kyiv understood it could not recapture each its occupied territory done subject unit from Russian troops close present and that its betterment would person to hap diplomatically implicit time.

The official, who asked not to beryllium named, told reporters astatine a briefing 2 days aft talks betwixt U.S. and Ukrainian officials connected ending the warfare with Russia that Kyiv would not recognise Moscow's rights implicit Ukrainian territory.

The authoritative said that nary Ukrainian territorial concessions were discussed astatine the talks successful Jeddah, which saw Kyiv bespeak its willingness to judge an interim, 30-day ceasefire projected by the United States, if Russia agrees to the idea.

"Ukraine made it wide it volition not recognise Russia's rights implicit our territory," the authoritative said of the talks with U.S. officials that came arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for a accelerated extremity to the fighting.

Russian forces power astir a 5th of Ukrainian territory much than 3 years since Moscow launched a full-scale penetration of its neighbour.

"If you're talking astir the world that Ukraine cannot retrieve each of its territory close present by subject force, yes we recognize this. We recognize that immoderate of our onshore volition request to beryllium returned diplomatically, which tin of people instrumentality time," the authoritative added.

The authoritative said that Ukraine regarded its acceptance of the ceasefire connection arsenic a "constructive compromise" to marque advancement towards Trump's nonsubjective of establishing a speedy extremity to the war.

(Reporting by Tom Balmforth; editing by Andrew Heavens and Aidan Lewis)