In the wake of Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky has outlined what a victory for Kyiv would look like.

In a truly remarkable tale, Zelensky has been battling Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine on the front lines, as well as appealing to other
countries. He’s back with another delivery of absolute courage and
determination on behalf of himself and his country.

According to Zelensky, a win for Ukraine would result in the
return of Ukrainians who fled the nation after Russian President Vladimir Putin
launched his invasion on February 24.

“Victory. First of all, our people would definitely feel
victory,” Zelensky said via an interpreter in an interview broadcast
Sunday on CBS’ 60 Minutes with correspondent Scott Pelley, who traveled to Kyiv
to meet the leader.

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More than 4.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia
unleashed its attack on the country more than a month ago, according to the UN
refugee agency UNHCR. Approximately 2.6 million people fled to Poland, over 686,000
to Romania, and over 400,000 to Hungary and the Republic of Moldova,
respectively.

“They [Ukrainians] will come back,” he told Pelley.
“The return of refugees is blood for the body of Ukraine. Without them,
there’s nothing.”

The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan American think tank, said
on March 25 that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine had created “one of the
biggest refugee crises of modern times.”

“We would recover our territory. There would be no Russian
soldiers in our country,” the president said.

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Recognizing Crimea as Russian territory was one of Ukraine’s
requirements that was debated prior to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. In 2014,
Russian armies invaded the Crimean peninsula and annexed it from Ukraine.

“Yes, I understand they [Russian forces] will not withdraw
from Crimea, and we’ll be arguing and negotiating for one territory or another
in the south of our country, the Donbas. I know exactly what [has to] happen,
after which we can say, ‘this is victory.’ But, if [you don’t mind], I’m not
going to talk about it just yet.”

“Overall, we’re not ready to give away our country,”
said Zelensky when pressed by Pelley on whether he would be willing to give up
any part of Ukraine for peace. “I think we’ve already given up a lot of
lives. So we need to stand firm for as long as we can. But this is life,
different things happen,” he said.

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According to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, there have
been 4,232 confirmed civilian casualties in Ukraine as of April 10, with 1,793
killed and 2,439 injured.

The death toll comprises 458 men, 294 women, 27 girls, and 46
boys, as well as 69 minors and 899 people whose gender has not yet been
determined. The true figures, according to the agency, are much higher.