Peskov made the remarks in response to comments from U.S. President Donald Trump, who suggested that Ukraine is “going to end up with a little bit different shape.”
Peskov asserted that, from a geographical perspective, Ukraine is “already a different country” and that the “realities on the ground” – which he claimed “hardly anyone could deny” – are “obvious.”
In an interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes, Trump said that Ukraine “could end up with a little bit different shape” after the war, but expressed confidence that a peace deal could be reached in the near future.
The interviewer then pressed Trump on if he expects the war to end with Ukraine remaining a free and independent nation.
The U.S. President responded: “I think we’re gonna have it done and I think it’s gonna happen – and they’re gonna end up with a little bit different shape Ukraine.”
Ukrainian forces liberated 96.2 square kilometers of territory in October, outpacing Russian advances by 10.4 square kilometers while inflicting record-high enemy casualties, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on November 1.
“In a single month, Russia lost 54,400 of its soldiers killed and severely wounded, marking a record for all months of the full-scale war,” he emphasized.
A record for daily losses was also set last month when the Russian army lost 2,250 personnel on October 21.