During the summit in Alaska, Vladimir Putin presented US President Donald Trump with the Kremlin's proposals for resolving the war in Ukraine. Reuters published a list of Putin's demands concerning territories, sanctions, and the Russian language in Ukraine.
According to the agency, Putin's main demand is that Ukraine must withdraw troops from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. According to sources, under the deal proposed by Russia, Kyiv will completely withdraw troops from the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions in exchange for Russia's promise to freeze the front line in the southern regions - Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Moscow is also ready to return small sections of the Kharkiv and Sumy regions.
According to Putin's plan, which he discussed with Donald Trump, Russia will give up tiny territories of occupied Ukraine, and Kyiv will cede part of its eastern lands that Moscow could not capture.
Crimea was to be recognized as Russian. Ukraine must also refuse to join NATO but will receive "security guarantees" outside the alliance.
Moscow insists that some sanctions against the Russian Federation be lifted. The Russian language and the ROC must receive official status.
Ukraine has already rejected the proposal to give up Donbass, which, according to Kyiv, serves as a crucial defensive structure to prevent Russian attacks deeper into the country's territory. Volodymyr Zelensky stated that giving up Donbass would lead to a third war.
Putin's proposal excludes a ceasefire until a comprehensive deal is reached, blocking a key demand of Zelensky, whose country is subjected to daily strikes by Russian drones and ballistic missiles.
On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to travel to Washington to discuss with Trump a possible resolution of the full-scale war. It is assumed that European leaders will also be present at the meeting.
According to CNN, Trump wants to hold a meeting with Putin and Zelensky on August 22. Such a meeting will be possible if the talks between Zelensky and Trump on August 18 are successful.
Meanwhile, Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov stated that a trilateral summit with the participation of Zelensky and Putin was not discussed in Alaska.