Russian Security Council's Secretary Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting dedicated to the situation in the south of the country following an incursion of Ukrainian troops, at a residence outside Moscow, Russia August 12, 2024. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday, a day after Donald Trump became U.S. president-elect, that the West should accept Russia was winning the Ukraine war and negotiate an end to it.
Moscow's forces have been advancing at their fastest pace since the early weeks of the 2-1/2-year-old war.