Asked about possible territorial concessions that could be agreed under Trump's presidency, which begins in just days, a long-time Putin ally suggested by the end of 2025 Ukraine might be no longer be a sovereign state.

Moldova's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded angrily to Kremlin adviser Nikolai Patrushev after he said Chișinău's "anti-Russian policy" could lead to Moldova either becoming part of another state or ceasing to exist entirely.

By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest Influential Russian presidential advisor Nikolai Patrushev voiced unprecedentedly aggressive rhetoric against Moldova, saying the country may “cease to exist” in an an interview given to Komsomolskaia Pravda and broadly circulated in the Russian media.

An aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Nikolai Patrushev, claimed that Ukraine will cease to exist. In his opinion, this will happen in 2025, according to the Russian outlet Komsomolskaya Pravda.