Putin on different understandings of territorial issues with Ukraine:
We know that the parties understand territorial issues differently. What is more important to us is the people who live there, their traditions, their culture and the right to live according to their rules, according to their traditional values.
We know that the Ukrainian side raises the issue of so-called gray areas. And that, as I already said, will always be a bone of contention. As far as we are concerned, there is only one dividing line - the state border line. Then everything will be clear and understandable. Here you are, here we are.
Once you enter the gray areas, it turns out that each side understands them differently. Disputes begin immediately, and any agreement becomes unstable.