Putin, Ukraine and Donbas
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Russian president reportedly willing to freeze current front lines in exchange for Ukraine territorial concessions and NATO membership ban.
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants any settlement to end the war to include giving Russia full control of the Donbas
Nearly a week after President Trump’s Alaska summit, his suggestions of imminent breakthroughs have not come to pass.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejects Russian President Vladimir Putin's demands to cede the Donbas region, citing sovereignty concerns and the area's economic and strategic importance.
A summit in Paris six years ago was the first and only time the two presidents ever met, flanked by French president Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s then-chancellor Angela Merkel. At the time, Putin and Zelensky were looking to hash out a ceasefire deal for war in Donbas in Ukraine’s east, where Russia-backed forces were fighting Ukrainian troops.