Moscow rules out return to 1991 borders for Ukraine

The Russian Foreign Ministry made the statement while commenting on Kiev’s deadly strike on civilians at a market in Kherson region

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday said Moscow would not permit the restoration of Ukrainian territory to the limits of its 1991 borders as that would represent a threat to Russian citizens. The ministry’s statement followed a Ukrainian drone strike on a crowded market in the Russian town on Aleshki, in Kherson region, which Moscow has condemned as a deliberate terrorist act.

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