web counter
LEXO PA REKLAMA!

SHKARKO APP

App Store
Google Play

Ukraine without Donbass and NATO/ Reuters: These are Putin's conditions for "peace" in Ukraine

2025-08-21 20:56:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Ukraine without Donbass and NATO/ Reuters: These are Putin's conditions for

Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine abandon the entire Donbas region, give up its prospect of joining NATO, remain neutral and rule out the presence of Western troops on its territory, according to three sources familiar with the Kremlin's intentions who spoke to Reuters.

These conditions were at the heart of the meeting the Russian president had with Donald Trump in Alaska, at the first Russian-American summit in four years.

The meeting lasted three hours and, according to the same sources, was almost exclusively about the terms of a possible compromise.

After the meeting, Putin appeared optimistic that the path to peace was opening, but without providing details.

The Kremlin has adjusted its initial demands. While in the summer of 2024 it demanded the full surrender of all four regions it claims to be Russian - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia - it is now focusing on the Donbas.

Putin is demanding the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from areas they still control on the eastern front. In exchange, Russia will freeze the lines on the Kherson and Zaporizhia fronts.

According to US estimates, Russia controls 88% of Donbas and 73% of the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions./CNA





Lajmet e fundit nga