Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. File
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Russia is not willing to make any territorial concessions in talks on ending the Ukraine war, State news agency TASS quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Tuesday (December 16, 2025).
It said Mr. Ryabkov was talking about the Donbas, Crimea and the swathe of land that Moscow calls “Novorossiya”.
Published – December 16, 2025 02:28 pm IST
