In the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, the line of troop deployment as of the date of this agreement is de facto recognized as the line of contact.
I’m a bit confused, does this mean Ukraine is ceding territory to Russia?
IANAL but I think this means the conflict gets frozen along those lines without ceding this territory to Russia. If Russia violates the terms and conflict gets reignited Ukraine will in their right to try to recover this territory.
If Ukraine would cede this territory then attacking it in eventual future conflicts would mean that Ukraine is actually invading Russia.
I’m a bit confused, does this mean Ukraine is ceding territory to Russia?
IANAL but I think this means the conflict gets frozen along those lines without ceding this territory to Russia. If Russia violates the terms and conflict gets reignited Ukraine will in their right to try to recover this territory.
If Ukraine would cede this territory then attacking it in eventual future conflicts would mean that Ukraine is actually invading Russia.