Putin in a meeting with Vitkoff and Kushner: there is only one "separation line" for the Russian Federation - the state border.
The Kremlin leader said that Moscow and Kiev, they say, understand the issue of the territories differently:
"We know that the issues of the territories are understood differently on both sides. For us, the people who live there, their traditions, culture, the right to live according to their rules, their traditional values are more important."
Separately, he touched on the issue of "grey areas", which he says is violated by the Ukrainian side:
It will always, as I said, be a bone of contention. As far as we are concerned, there is only one demarcation line - the state border line. Because then it will be clear: here we are, and here you are."
Putin added: "As soon as we are involved in discussions about "grey areas", and they are understood differently, disputes and the instability of all agreements immediately begin. And there will be no lasting peace."
According to the Russian leader, the Ukrainian side often raises the issue of controlling this or that territory:
"We still hear from the authorities in Kyiv that such and such an area is controlled by them, and some are not controlled by us. It can go on indefinitely, because it is not easy to see what is really happening there, under the conditions of modern means of destruction."
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