In comments released on Wednesday, Russia’s foreign minister stated that Moscow is still pursuing international acknowledgment that, as part of any peace agreement, portions of Ukraine that its soldiers have seized and occupied are its territory. Ukraine has pledged to reclaim territories that Moscow has taken from it and stated that it will never allow Russia to rule over any of its territory. In addition to the Crimean peninsula, which it took in 2014, Russia asserts that it has annexed five Ukrainian regions: Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia. In statements…
Russia Demands Recognition of Annexed Territories for Ukraine Peace Deal
