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Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation at the peace talks taking place in Abu Dhabi, issued a statement denying any prospects for a territorial trade between the two countries. According to him, the Kremlin has no intention of returning to Ukraine the lands currently under the control of Russian forces.
“The topic of a possible territorial exchange is periodically thrown in from various sides… I see no possibility of exchanging these territories. Because, once again, as our leader vividly put it, where the foot of our Russian soldier has stepped — that is ours,” Medinsky emphasised.
Russia's stance on possible compromises regarding borders has changed following the meeting between US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Anchorage last year. At that time, information emerged that the parties had allegedly agreed on a scenario for ending the war. This plan envisaged the withdrawal of Ukrainian units from Donetsk Oblast in exchange for the retreat of Russian forces from parts of Sumy, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts, which had been seized.
It is worth noting that this option did not provide for the withdrawal of Russian forces from Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.
After Ukraine rejected the proposal to withdraw its troops from Donbas, a number of media outlets reported that the Kremlin intended to strengthen its negotiating position. According to these publications, Russia abandoned the idea of leaving the occupied territories in Sumy, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts, but continued to demand the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Donetsk Oblast.
Medinsky's words about the impossibility of a territorial exchange indirectly confirm the fact of such a change in Moscow's approach to resolving the territorial issue.
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