The United States offered Ukraine to change the borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions so that Russia would report their full capture.
American negotiators recently expressed the idea of changing the borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions as part of an agreement on territories between Russia and Ukraine, the Economist writes, citing sources.
According to the interlocutors of the publication, the idea of such a change is so that Russia can declare a complete seizure of the regions, and Ukraine will not have to give up territories.
The Economist's sources also spoke of Russia's "extraordinary flexibility" during the negotiations. However, they noted, this flexibility appeared after the proposal to discuss European security - now fears in the United States that Moscow, under the pretext of such discussions, will delay hostilities.
According to Reuters, Russia in the trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi is going to become the main issue for the discussion of agreements on the post-war security system in Europe.