Putin's Demands from Trump: WP

Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Ukrainian authorities abandon the Donetsk region in a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump. This was reported by The Washington Post (WP).

According to sources from the newspaper, Putin has also expressed a willingness to relinquish parts of the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions in exchange for complete control over the Donetsk region.

It was previously reported that during a meeting at the White House, U.S. President's special representative, Steve Whitkoff, exerted 'pressure' on the Ukrainian delegation to transfer control of the Donetsk region to Russia.