As Reuters reports, based on his sources similar to the Kremlin, Putin demands from Ukraine:
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In return, Russia would be ready Keep the current front lines in the southern circuits of Zaporozhye and Khersonia and transfer small parts of the controlled areas in Kharków, sum and Dnepropetrovsk circuits.
Putin limited his earlier, more extensive territorial demands of June 2024, which included the entire Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye – a proposal rejected by Kiev as tantamount to surrender.
According to US estimates, Russia currently controls approx. 88 percent Donetsk Donbass region and 73 percent Kherson and Zaporoski Districts.
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The White House and NATO have not yet responded to the agency's requests for a comment regarding Russia's proposal.
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Samuel Chap from Rand Corporation in an interview with Reuters notes that The request to withdraw from Donbass remains for Ukraine “unacceptable both politically and strategically”.
He added that declarations about readiness for a “peaceful solution” can be more a show for Trump than a real desire to compromise.
Putin imposes demands of Ukraine. Zelanski rejected them in the past
As Reuters reminds, President Wołodymyr Zelanski has repeatedly rejected the possibility of withdrawing from the territories recognized internationally as Ukrainian. As he said, Donbass is a strategic fortress that stops Russian progress deep into the country.
“If we are talking about a simple withdrawal from the East, we cannot do it. It is a matter of survival of our country and our most important defense lines,” he said.
In addition The pursuit of membership in NATO is recorded in the constitution of Ukraine and perceived by Kiev as the surest guarantee of security. Zelanski emphasized that it is not Russia who decides who can join the alliance.
