After more than three years of war, Russia controls about a fifth of Ukraine, from the border with Russia to occupied Crimea — including regions that are home to important industries, minerals and Europe’s largest nuclear power station. Since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia has seized all of the Luhansk region, much of the Donetsk region, large parts of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and small parts of the Kharkiv region and northern Sumy region, the launch point for Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region last year. The swap I’d put on the table is for Russia to keep what it is holding (with some minor adjustments to the lines) and for Russia to give up the Kaliningrad Oblast.
Author: The Washington Post
Published at: 2025-08-10 20:37:59
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