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Trump-Putin latest: Vlad's peace demands revealed after summit as he tells Don he will ask for Ukrainian land
VLADIMIR Putin told Trump he wants the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions as part of their peace deal, it has been revealed.
It comes just hours after the pair met in Alaska to discuss terms to end the bloody war.
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In exchange for the Donetsk region, the Russian leader said he would halt further military advances in southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
Mad Vlad also vowed to halt any new attacks if he is handed Donetsk.
Moscow currently controls over 70 per cent of the highly-contested region - but capturing it entirely could allow Putin's forces to cause major disruption to supply lines on the eastern front.
Speaking to top officials in Moscow a day after his talks with Trump, Putin said he and his US counterpart had discussed ways of ending the conflict in Ukraine "on a fair basis".
He added the summit with Trump had been "timely" and "very useful", according to images published by the Kremlin.
Sources close to Volodymyr Zelensky suggest the Ukrainian leader would not agree to the demands but that he would be open to negotiating land with Trump in his upcoming visit to Washington on Monday.
The US President has previously said Russia and Ukraine both believe a full peace deal is "the best way" to end the war - rather than a short term ceasefire.
Now diplomatic sources have revealed some of the initial details of the potential agreement, according to news agency AFP.
The US has reportedly proposed an agreement that would see Ukraine not join Nato - but instead be offered Nato-esque protections similar to Article 5.
Trump reportedly floated the plan with Zelensky and European leaders during a call after his meeting with Putin.
The source said: "As one of the security guarantees for Ukraine, the American side proposed a non-NATO Article 5 type guarantee, supposedly agreed with Putin."
Another insider with knowledge of the matter confirmed the NATO-like guarantees had been discussed.
It is unclear what Ukraine would have to give up to secure such a deal.
Kyiv has long aspired to join Nato - something fiercely opposed by Russia and cited by one of the reasons for their invasion in 2022.
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But Trump has repeatedly ruled out Ukraine joining the Western military alliance.
Don hailed his talks with Putin as "great and very successful" as he detailed the next steps in securing peace in Ukraine.
The US delegation left Alaska in Air Force One after a busy day and landed back in Washington shortly after 7am local time.
Trump held a lengthy phone call with Zelensky during the flight and invited the Ukrainian President to Washington in just 48 hours time.
Nato leaders were also updated on the summit in a separate call with Trump.
The US President revealed on Truth Social that he informed the European side and Zelensky of Putin's main wish for a complete end to the war instead of a ceasefire.
