Russia are never going to agree to this…

  • lunar17@lemmy.world
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    1. In the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, the line of troop deployment as of the date of this agreement is de facto recognized as the line of contact.

    I’m a bit confused, does this mean Ukraine is ceding territory to Russia?

    • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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      No, this means that the current front is accepted to be the starting point for negotiation. This is a standard method of freezing the status quo during a ceasefire, pending further talks about a long-term solution.