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Russia’s occupation chief in southern Ukraine says he is ready to hand Belarus part of Ukraine’s Azov–Black Sea coastline for “resorts,” while Alexander Lukashenko warns Belarus must “update its defense measures”—a dual message pointing to deeper military coordination on occupied Ukrainian land.

In every ceasefire proposal, Putin insists on the demand to the transfer of the Donetsk region to Moscow’s control. His motive is clear: Ukraine has heavily fortified the region, turning major cities into a massive defensive barrier. Capturing these areas would cost Russia hundreds of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars.