Ukraine may have to give up land for peace - Kyiv Mayor Klitschko

Vitali Klitschko tells the BBC that although unfair, it could be a temporary solution to end the fighting.

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"One of the scenarios is… to give up territory. It's not fair. But for the peace, temporary peace, maybe it can be a solution, temporary," he said in response to questions from the BBC.

But the 53-year-old former boxing champion-turned politician stressed that the Ukrainian people would "never accept occupation" by Russia.

He was speaking hours after a Russian missile-and-drone attack on Kyiv killed 12 people and injured more than 80.

It was one of the deadliest Russian assaults on the Ukrainian capital in months.