Russia rejects swapping occupied territory with Ukraine

Russia on Wednesday rejected swapping occupied territory with Kyiv in any peace deal, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy floated the idea, Report informs via AFP.

"This is impossible. Russia has never and will never discuss the topic of exchanging its territory," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, ruling out Zelenskyy's idea of a swap involving Ukrainian-held parts of Russia's western Kursk region.