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Russia rejects swapping Ukrainian territory for Kyiv-held parts of Kursk

Ukraine controls about 450 square kilometres of Russia's Kursk region [File: Yan Dobronosov/Reuters]

Russia has rejected trading the Ukrainian territory it occupies for areas in its own western Kursk region held by Kyiv forces, hours after launching a barrage of drones and missiles on the Ukrainian capital that killed one person.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday that accepting the idea floated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview late on Tuesday was “impossible”.

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