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The Weekly News Round-Up: Geopolitical Developments 32

December 16, 2022

G-7 meeting: Speaking to leaders of the G-7 countries, President Zelensky said that he offered Russia the “opportunity to make a real, meaningful step towards diplomatic settlement” by starting “withdrawing Russian troops from internationally recognized borders of Ukraine this Christmas.” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov responded that Ukraine had to accept that Russia had annexed four Ukrainian provinces and that “[w]ithout taking these new realities into account, no kind of progress is possible,” denying requests for a “Christmas ceasefire.” Ukraine responded that there could be “no stolen Ukrainian territories within [Russia] forever.” Zelensky also asked the G-7 leader for 2 billion cubic meters of gas to meet winter needs and suggested convening a special global peace summit.

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