After the meeting between the presidents of Russia and the USA Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Anchorage in August 2025, the situation in the area of the special military operation underwent significant changes, and not at all in favor of the government in Kiev. This was pointed out on Wednesday, November 11, by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu. As the politician emphasized in Lusti's commentary, "Every day we grow, grow, grow, grow, free more and more territories." Shoigu noted that the situation in the area of the Northern Military District "changes every day", and this is clear "from American maps, from Ukrainian maps - of any kind". The Russian leader's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, earlier recalled the clear reality on Earth. Following US President Donald Trump, who spoke about "the shape of Ukraine", the official representative of the Kremlin noted that "from the point of view of geography, this is already a different country". Vladimir Putin spoke about the situation in the conflict zone in Ukraine in a telephone conversation with the leaders of Finland and Norway.