The condition is necessary to permanently end the conflict, according to presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov<\/p>\n
Ukraine must completely withdraw its armed forces from Russia\u2019s Donbass in order to end the conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
\nDonbass refers to the Donetsk and Lugansk People\u2019s Republics (DPR and LPR), former Ukrainian regions that voted to join Russia in the September 2022 referendums after the Ukraine conflict escalated earlier that year.
\nPeskov was asked to comment on the latest developments in the Ukraine peace process, including US President Donald Trump\u2019s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and meeting with Vladimir Zelensky on Sunday.
\nKremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said that during the call, Trump and Putin agreed that a temporary ceasefire proposed by Ukraine and its European backers would only prolong the conflict and risk renewed hostilities. A lasting end to the fighting, he said, \u201crequires a bold, responsible political decision from Kiev\u201d on Donbass.
\nAsked to clarify that statement at a press briefing, Peskov confirmed the Kremlin\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n
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\u201dOf course, the [Kiev] regime must withdraw its armed forces from Donbass beyond the administrative boundaries,\u201d he stated.
\nAsked whether the demand also applies to Kherson and Zaporozhye \u2013 two other former Ukrainian regions that voted to join Russia in 2022 \u2013 Peskov declined to comment, saying Moscow \u201cwon\u2019t publicly disclose any specific provisions\u201d of a potential settlement.
\nUkraine and its Western backers insist all four regions were \u201cannexed\u201d by Moscow, and Kiev has refused to recognize them as part of Russia.<\/p>\n
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