Starting in February of 2022 Russia–Ukrainian He’s about to leave the war behind his third year. While the clashes between the two countries are still continuing, Ukrainian leader Volimir Zelenskiy’den attention attracted attention ‘soil exchange’ proposal came.
He offered Kursk for a region occupied by Russia
Ukrainian leader British The Guardian told the newspaper The Guardian, the Russian territory proposed to withdraw from a region occupied by Russia in Ukraine in response to the areas under the control of the Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region. Although Zelenskiy did not specify which Ukrainian soil he wanted in response to Kursk, “I don’t know, we’ll see it. All our lands are important for us,” he said.
Russia received a response at the jet speed: “Impossible, everyone who is not destroyed will be deported”
Zelenskiy’nin this output attracted attention from Russia to the proposal response to the jet speed. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitriy PeskovHe said that the Russian army would never accept the territory of the Kursk oblast, which was occupied by the Ukrainian army, with the occupied Ukrainian territory. Peskov describes this situation as ‘impossible’, “Russia has never discussed the issue of the exchange of its own land and will not discuss. Of course, Ukrainian troops will be driven from these lands, everyone who is not destroyed will be driven,” he said.
What’s the latest situation in Kursk?
As of now, 20 percent of the territory of Ukraine has Russian soldiers. Last August, the Ukrainian army launched a surprise attack on the Kursk region in Russia. With this move, Kiev aimed to distract the Russian army and to use these lands as a bargaining element in future negotiations.
‘Maden’ visit from the US Minister
On the other hand, US Treasury Minister Scott Bessent will travel to Ukraine this week to discuss a possible agreement on land elements. Bessent will be the first person to visit Ukraine at the level of Donald Trump administration.
Zelenskiy, who has positively approached the transfer of rare land elements in exchange for military support to Ukraine, says that half of the country’s rare land elements deposits are currently under Russian occupation.
Zelenskiy said that Moscow can open these mines in North Korea and Iran, which is also necessary for the missile construction of Moscow, said in a statement to journalists, “We must stop Putin and protect what is ours.”