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⚡️ Ukraine, US and Russia begin talks. Washington proposes redrawing the borders of Ukrainian regions According to The Economist, US negotiators have proposed changing the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions so that Russia could claim full control over both. Meanwhile, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk and other cities currently held by Ukraine would remain under Kyiv’s control. This is one of the ideas Washington is considering to persuade the Kremlin to agree to a peace deal. Another proposal involves allowing Russia to return to the European energy market — something Ukraine and European countries oppose. Major disagreements also remain over security guarantees. Kyiv is demanding at least 10 years of financial and military support, including funding to maintain an army of at least 800,000 troops. Washington considers such support too expensive and believes US security guarantees should be sufficient. Russia, meanwhile, continues to demand Ukraine’s neutrality and a reduction in the size of its armed forces. Moscow has also shown no willingness to accept the deployment of multinational forces on Ukrainian territory.