Russian dictator Vladimir Putin During a telephone conversation with the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, he demanded that Ukraine give up control over the entire Donetsk region in exchange for an end to the war.

He writes about this. The Washington Post citing sources. Instead, the Kremlin is allegedly ready to consider giving up claims to parts of the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, which the Russian Federation has only partially occupied.

The publication notes that such a bargain actually consolidates the occupation of Donbas and repeats Moscow's old demands, despite Trump's talk of a"peace plan."

Ukrainian and European officials have called the idea unacceptable. In the words of one diplomat, it is"like trying to sell Ukrainians their own leg."