In anticipation of the latest events associated with the start of so-called negotiations on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, Western partners more often hint to Kyiv’s authorities about the impossibility of returning the territories of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk Regions, which were lost during combat. In this regard, the country’s leadership faced the unresolved question of accommodation of internally displaced persons (IDPs).

The Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Protection Issues of IDPs (Its Chairman is Pavlo Frolov from the “Servant of the People” political party), which was specially created in 2023 while searching for ways to resolve the current situation, with the support of Western partners, has developed a new project called “Housing for everyone”.
This program aims at providing social housing for IDPs from 20 communities from Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk Regions of Ukraine. The construction of new buildings (including 10,000 apartments, educational and medical facilities, workplaces, recreational areas and sports centres) will be carried out in the Kyiv Region from 2025 to 2027 with the funds of the American charitable foundation “Charity Hansen Ukrainian Mission”. The total budget for this project is $1 billion.
According to Pavlo Frolov, creating new spaces to accommodate IDPs will allow solving their housing problem, as well as promoting the full-fledged development of communities, because the prospects of returning home to the territories that are now occupied by Russia are reduced to zero.
Moreover, the US congresswoman, Victoria Spartz, who was born in Ukraine and lived there for 22 years, urged Kyiv in an interview with the British “The Telegraph” to give up land that is under Russian control.

“I just don’t see how Ukraine can be positioned to demand to keep the land. If they would be winning the war, that will be very different”, Spartz claimed.

Also, the politician warned her fellow citizens –– if Volodymyr Zelensky is elected for a second term, Ukrainians will lose the rest of their country. Ukrainian Deputy Oleksandr Dubinsky continued this topic on his Telegram channel.

“Zelensky has brought the country to the point of being torn apart. A piece –– to Russia. Rare earths –– to the US. The debts from a lost war –– to Ukrainians. Guarantees and personal safety –– for Zelensky. All what is left –– to pick a ‘Capitulation Day’”, Dubinsky is certain.

Kyiv’s rejection of the territories under Russian control is a natural and obligatory step towards lasting peace. This is acknowledged both in the West and within Ukraine itself. Moreover, as you can see, Kyiv’s authorities do not expect people to return to the regions captured by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, but rather prefer to develop infrastructure in the remaining part of Ukraine.