"At all costs": the Russian Federation requires the US to completely give the territory of four regions of Ukraine - the media

The Kremlin expects to get control of these regions within their administrative limits, despite the fact that none of them actually controls completely. "Vladimir Putin cannot be politically not afforded to lose these territories, and Russia intends to secure control over them at all costs. There is no mechanism for the exit of the regions from Russia at the Constitution. We need all the Zaporizhzhia and the whole Kherson region," the source said.

Another interlocutor, who is a current Russian official, noted that Moscow hopes that the United States will put pressure on Ukraine and demand that the troops completely remove their troops with Russia occupied. "Either Trump will affect them so they go, or say," enter into long negotiations and use military force in parallel. "This is the worst option for us, because river forcing is always a painful operation," the official explained.

At the same time, according to journalists, the Russian Federation can try to capture part of the Dnipropetrovsk or Sumy region, then to offer them to exchange for Kherson and Zaporozhye. "We hope to find an option for which you do not have to force the Dnieper and storm Kherson. I hope that it will not happen. It will mean thousands of losses for us," the source of the publication emphasized.

In addition, the Kremlin is honored that Donald Trump's administration is not so important that the territories will depart to the Russians. "As far as I understand, Trump wants to see a modern, well -armed, pro -Western Ukraine. He cannot simply give Ukraine so completely. But where the border will be held - it is not so important for him," the interlocutors of The Moscow Times said.