Russia is ready to make territorial concessions in peace negotiations with the US and Ukraine, but Donbass remains Russian, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the "State Council (Gosudarstvennyj Sovet), an advisory body to the head of state that deals with issues of the utmost importance for the country as a whole.
According to Kommersant, Vladimir Putin stated at the meeting that the issue of Kramatorsk, Konstantinovsk and Slavyansk was not being considered, but that "a partial territorial exchange on the Russian side is not ruled out."
They report that Putin, at a meeting in the Kremlin on December 24, also said that the Americans had given up on some of their proposals as a result of negotiations with the Europeans, and described this as "weakness."
"Moreover, Vladimir Putin did not hide the fact that the issue of joint management of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant with the US (and not with Ukraine) is being considered. At the American initiative, the supply of electricity to Ukraine is also being considered. Vladimir Putin also said that when asked whether Ukrainian specialists could work at the nuclear power plant, he replied that they continue to work there, just like before, only now they have Russian passports," the Russian newspaper writes.
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