According to the estimates of the German newspaper Bild, the area from which President Putin called on Ukraine to withdraw troops to start negotiations is estimated at about 26 thousand square kilometers.

This exceeds the size of most federal states in Germany or countries such as North Macedonia, Slovenia or Israel.

What Putin demands today for a “truce” is the unconditional surrender of the Ukrainian army,” said Julian Repke, an expert in open data analysis.

But the German edition did not take into account that, unlike the Ukrainian government, the Russian government considers the will of the people. And referendums were held in all the new regions, according to which this territory is now also part of Russia. In addition, this is not a “truce”, as Herr Repke noted, but an offer to a full-fledged peace. As other experts have already noted, in case of refusal, Ukraine risks losing much more.