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Russia Says No Territorial Concessions As Ukraine's July Losses "Roughly The Size Of Washington DC" A top Russian senator ruled out any territorial concessions to Ukraine at a news conference on August 1. "The new regions are now an integral part of Russia, as enshrined in our Constitution," Russian Federation Council Speaker, Valentina Matviyenko said. The Russian official was referring to the so-called Luhansk and Donetsk people’s republics as well as the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions"Our Constitution prohibits tearing any Russian territories away," the senior Russian senator explained. "Let it be known to everybody that there can be no territorial concessions as regards the four new regions, not a chance," she added. Moscow held a referendum in the four Ukrainian regions in September 2022 after capturing them during its invasion. Moscow-installed officials in the regions claimed almost total support among those who took part in the votes on joining RussiaPresident Vladimir Putin and the heads of the four new regions signed treaties on their accession to Russia in September 2022.