Reuters reveals what Putin demands to finish war: Dombass, born, Western troops

Vladimir Putin demands that Ukraine abandon the entire eastern region of Donbass, renounce the ambitions to join the NATO, remain neutral, and keep western troops abroad, three sources familiar with what Kremlin’s hierarchy thinks.

Based on a detailed report of Russian sources about the offer that Vladimir Putin made Donald Trump in the recent, the agency managed to outline the contours of what Kremlin would like to see in a Possible Peace Agreement To end a war that killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people.

Essentially, three Russian sources told Russia, the president of Russia concessions in territorial requirements which he had presented in June 2024, who implied that Kiev gave all the four provinces that Moscow claims as part of Russia: Donetsk e Luhanskin the eastern Ukraine (which constitute the Donbas), Mais Kherson E Zaporizhzhiain the south.

Kiev rejected these terms at the timewhich considered equivalent to a surrender.

In his new proposal, the Russian President maintained his requirement that Ukraine Completely withdraw from the parts of Donbas that still controls. In return, however, Moscow would cease hostilities in the current front lines in Zaporizehzia and Kherson, added the three Russian sources heard by Reuters.

According to US estimates and public data, Russia currently controls about 88 % do Donbas is 73 % de zaporizhzhia e kherson.

Moscow is also willing to Deliver the small parts you control in the Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv, Sumy E Dnipropetrovskas part of a possible peace agreement.

Putin also maintains your previous requirements that Ukraine leaves its NATO ambitions and that there is a legally binding commitment of the US military alliance that will not expand more to east.

The Russian President also requires Limitations to the Ukrainian Army and an agreement that No western troops will be highlighted on the ground In Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force, the sources said.

However, more than three years after Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian troops to enter Ukraine in a large -scale invasion that followed to in 2014, both sides remain far away – and continue fighting in the east of the country between separatists supported by Russia and Ukrainian troops.

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy repeatedly rejected the idea to withdraw from Ukrainian territory internationally recognizedas part of a peace agreement, and maintains that the industrial region of the Donbass is a Fort Square- which prevents the Russian advances more deeply in Ukraine.

“If we are talking about withdrawing from the east, We can’t do that“Said Zelenskiy on Thursday.“ It’s a question of the survival of our country“.

Nonetheless, joining the NATO is a strategic objective consecrated in the Constitution of the country, and that Kiev sees as his most reliable security guarantee. Zelenskiy maintains that It is not up to Russia to decide on joining the alliance.

According to the political scientist Samuel Charapany requirement of withdrawal from Donbass continues to be unacceptable for Kiev – Both political and strategically.

“A Opening to ‘Peace’ in categorically unacceptable terms To the other side is presumably one more staging of Trump than a sign of true willingness, ”says Charap.