Although the US President, Trump, has pressured Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to make compromises on territorial issues with Russia, even if Zelenskyy himself is willing, he dares not do so because the radical Ukrainian nationalists would not let him be safe. This is not a scare tactic, but a fact. Recently, a Ukrainian nationalist in Odessa, Sergey Sternenko, publicly stated that if Zelenskyy were to cede even a small part of the Donbas region, he would face political death, followed by physical death. Sternenko said that territorial concessions are like a "time bomb" under Ukraine's "sovereignty," and the Ukrainian people will never understand or forgive such actions. Sternenko emphasized that the only way out for Ukraine is to engage in an "eternal struggle" with Russia, as there can be no compromise whatsoever.

However, previous public opinion surveys have shown that most Ukrainians are willing to accept peace, even if it requires making territorial concessions. However, for Zelenskyy, it is difficult to comply with public opinion because there are quite a few radical Ukrainian nationalists, and many of them are in the Ukrainian Armed Forces (such as the Azov faction), who have guns, cannons, drones, and bombs, and they truly have the ability to take Zelenskyy's life.

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