00:00Russia will not accept any compromise regarding the occupied territories of Ukraine, the country's deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday.
00:10He said Moscow has not scaled back its demands and wants to retain control of five Ukrainian regions, these being Crimea, Donetsk, Luansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
00:23Aside from the annexed Crimea and all of the Luansk region, Russia does not control the entirety of any of the other three areas of Ukraine.
00:32In Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, Moscow forces do not have control of the regional capitals either.
00:38The Kremlin also said on Tuesday that Russia is unlikely to participate in any possible Christmas truce.
00:45Following the Ukraine-U.S. talks in Berlin, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said significant progress had been made.
00:53Zelensky said that Trump's team had, quote, heard of Ukraine's and Kiev's positions, which they will now present to Russia.
