Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Crimea belongs to Ukraine.

He explained that his position has not changed following statements by Donald Trump, who questioned the future status of the peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014.

The US president criticized his Ukrainian counterpart for refusing to cede the Black Sea peninsula, seized by Russia and internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, as part of a potential deal to end the war, AFP reported.

"Our position is unchanged: only the Ukrainian people have the right to decide which territories are Ukrainian. The Constitution of Ukraine says that all temporarily occupied territories belong to Ukraine, to the Ukrainian people," Zelensky said in Kiev.

"Ukraine will not legally recognize any temporarily occupied territories," he said.

"This is not our property, it is not my property. It is the property of the Ukrainian people who exist today, who will be born in future generations, who will contribute to the development of our country," Zelensky said, referring to territories, including Crimea, seized by Moscow.

Trump said Ukraine "lost" Crimea "years ago" and that Kyiv did not fight for Crimea in 2014.

"I agree with President Trump that Ukraine does not have enough weapons to regain control of the Crimean peninsula with weapons," Zelensky said.

Russia annexed Crimea after the pro-European revolution in Kiev and supported pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine. | BGNES