Sudzha town in Kursk (Russia) is currently controlled by Ukraine
Power spokesman Kremlin Dmitry Peskov on December 12 announced that Russia rejected all territorial exchange proposals to Ukraine.
“It is impossible,” Tass quoted Mr. Peskov at the daily press conference, adding that the Moscow government has never and will never sit at the table of negotiations on territorial exchange.
The Kremlin spokesman confirmed that Russia would chase Ukrainian forces from the territory, but did not share the plan to achieve this goal in the near future.
That was Russia’s frank answer after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the newspaper The Guardian That he plans to exchange territories with Russia to end the war, including the ability to exchange areas that Ukraine is controlling in Kursk.
Since launching a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has been controlled nearly 20% of Ukraine territory, equivalent to more than 112,000 km.2. And Ukraine is controlling about 450 km2 In Kursk province of Russia, according to the open power maps.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with the US Defense Minister inauguration Pete Hegseth
Photo: Rustem Umerov/Facebook
Also on December 12, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that he had his first meeting with the new US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Reuters reported.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 26th Ukrainian Defense League Conference in Brussels (Belgium). This was the first conference chaired by the UK instead of the United States, after the Washington government changed its foreign policy and security under President Donald Trump’s administration.
Mr. Umerov did not provide any details about the meeting with Mr. Hegseth, only a picture taken together.
The conference is expected to focus on the effort to coordinate the support for Ukraine, including expanding military production, financial supply to new businesses and strengthening arms supply through improving public capacity. military career of Europe.
