The Kremlin has reiterated that a lasting peace in Ukraine is unattainable without resolving the territorial disputes in the country’s east, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov. He referred to the so-called “Anchorage formula,” which Moscow insists must be applied for any long-term settlement to be possible. “The main point confirmed in the talks between our president and the Americans is that without resolving the territorial issue in line with the Anchorage agreement, there is