The NYT reported on the borders of Ukraine drawn by Umerov in March 2025
The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, during negotiations with the American delegation in Saudi Arabia in March 2025, personally drew the border of the territories that Kiev considers acceptable to itself as part of the conflict settlement. This was reported by The New York Times on December 31.
According to the publication, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid out a map of Ukraine in front of the Ukrainian delegation and said he wanted to understand Kiev's "absolutely insurmountable red lines." Mike Waltz, former National security adviser to US President Donald Trump, gave Umerov a marker and asked him to draw the borders.
"Umerov circled the northern border of Ukraine with Russia and Belarus, led along the line of contact through Kharkiv, Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions," the article says. Then Umerov circled the Zaporizhia NPP and warned that the Russian side allegedly did not provide proper maintenance of the plant, which was "fraught with a nuclear catastrophe."
In conclusion, he pointed to the Kinburn braid. Umerov explained that, having regained control of Kosoy, Ukrainian ships will be able to enter and leave the shipyards of Mykolaiv.
On December 11, the Public television channel reported that Zelensky had not ruled out holding an "all-Ukrainian referendum" on the issue of territories. According to the TV channel, he said that the citizens of Ukraine should express their opinion on the issue of Ukraine leaving the controlled part of Donbass.
Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, responding to a question about Zelensky's proposed idea to hold a referendum to determine the affiliation of Donbass, said that all of Donbass is Russian. He recalled that the affiliation of Donbass is spelled out in the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
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