Vladimir Medinsky, a senior member of Russia’s negotiating team, said Moscow sees no possibility of
· Moscow, Russia
Vladimir Medinsky, a senior member of Russia’s negotiating team, said Moscow sees no possibility of exchanging territory with Ukraine and called for a new European security order. He said Russia’s proposed security zone along the Ukrainian border would continue to expand and insisted that territory occupied by Russian troops must remain under Russian control. “Where the Russian flag has been raised, it must not be lowered,” he said. Medinsky called for a European security framework comparable to the Yalta and Potsdam arrangements, invoking the principles of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. He said s