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Russia has signaled a willingness to compromise on all five of the Ukrainian regions it annexed unilaterally in 2022, according to a senior U.S. envoy, in what could mark the most significant shift since the war began.

The concessions emerged during Friday’s Alaska summit between President Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin, a three-hour closed-door meeting that both men later described as productive.

Steve Witkoff, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Peace Missions, said that Moscow had shown flexibility on Crimea, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia. “There are five regions here. It’s always, in our view, been …

As the war between Ukraine and Russia rages on, the pro-Russian military administration who is ruling the area around the recently occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson has announced that it is making some preparations to hold a referendum on joining Russia.

Kirill Stremoussov who is the Deputy Head of Kherson’s military and civil administration made this announcement in a video published on Telegram.

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“Yes, we are preparing for a referendum, and we will hold it,’’ Stremoussov said.

He added that Kherson should become a fully-fledged member of Russia.…