The Kremlin responds to Donald Trump after he stated that Ukraine “will have a slightly different outline”: “It is already another country”

The Kremlin responded on Monday to US President Donald Trump, after he stated that Ukraine would have “a slightly different form” at the end of the war. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that, geographically speaking, Ukraine is already “another country” compared with 2022, when Russia began its full-scale invasion.

The statements were made ahead of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, mediated by the United States and scheduled for November 10 and 11 in Abu Dhabi. Trump expressed confidence that an agreement would be reached and claimed that the war would end “thanks to him,” while rejecting the idea that Vladimir Putin would intentionally prolong the negotiations.

Russia insists on recognition of Crimea and the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia as Russian territories. Moscow considers them part of Russia, although it does not fully control all these areas. Kyiv says it is unwilling to cede territories and agrees to discuss the territorial issue only at a possible meeting between Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin also rejected the European Union’s participation in the negotiations, while France maintains that Europe will be represented.