He responded to the Ukrainian President of Volodymyr Zelenský, who in an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian published on Tuesday admitted that in peace negotiations Kiev may be replaced by the territory.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday refused to replace the occupied area with Ukraine under any peace agreement. “This is impossible. Russia has never discussed and will not discuss the exchange of its territory, “Peskov told journalists. He added that Ukrainian troops will be expelled from Russian territory.” All who will not be destroyed will be expelled, “Kremlin spokesman said. AFP and Reuters.
Greeding in an interview said that if US President Donald Trump managed to get Ukraine and Russia for the negotiating table, the Ukrainian President plans to offer Russia an exchange of territory. In this case, Ukraine would give up the territories she controls in the Russian Kursk region.
“We will replace one territory for another,” he said, saying that he does not know which part of the territory of the occupied Russia will be requested by Ukraine. “I don’t know, we’ll see. All our territories are important, we don’t have a priority,” he said.
During his campaign, the US President has repeatedly promised a quick end of the war in Ukraine, but only a few said about how he wants to achieve it. According to AFP, Kiev is worried that any agreement that will not include Ukraine membership in NATO or the deployment of peaceful units in its territory will provide the Kremlin with time to regroup and prepare for the new war.