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US negotiators are considering changes to Ukraine’s regional boundaries that would let Russia claim control of Donetsk and Luhansk without receiving Ukrainian-held cities, according to The Economist. No agreement on the idea has been reached.
US negotiators are considering redrawing the administrative boundaries of Ukrainian regions as a possible territorial compromise, LIGA.net reported, citing The Economist and its sources familiar with the negotiations. The report links the proposal to preparations for trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi.
Under the idea, Russia could formally claim full control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions without taking possession of cities held by Ukrainian forces. The Economist described the proposal as a cartographic fiction, according to LIGA.net.
The report stressed that this was one idea under discussion and that no agreement on changing the boundaries had been reached. It did not specify the proposed new boundaries or when the idea was put forward.
Territory remains a major obstacle in the negotiations, LIGA.net reported. Russia continues to demand that Ukraine surrender the Donbas, while Ukraine retains control of areas including the Sloviansk–Kramatorsk urban area.
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