Putin is open to a deal to end the war, according to Reuters, but insists on no territorial concessions and Ukraine's NATO membership.

Putin is open to discussing a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine with Donald Trump, but he rules out any significant territorial concessions and insists that Kyiv abandon its ambitions to join NATO.

According to five sources familiar with the Kremlin's stance, Reuters reported.

The sources indicate that Putin may agree to freeze the conflict along the current front line. At the same time, options for the division of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, which Russia considers its own but does not fully control, are being discussed.

Moreover, Moscow may consider concessions in certain areas of the Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions. However, the position on Crimea remains unchanged: this region will not be a subject of negotiations.

As Putin insists, any agreement must take into account the "realities on the ground" and he fears a short-term ceasefire that would allow the West to rearm Ukraine.

In the meantime, Ukraine continues to insist on regaining control over all its territory as it was in 1991. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Kyiv will not make concessions until the last Russian soldier leaves Ukrainian land.

Russia, which controls over 110,000 sq. km of Ukrainian territory, claims that the conflict is a response to NATO's expansion and Western interference in its sphere of interests. Meanwhile, Kyiv and its partners view the invasion as a serious violation of Ukraine's sovereignty.

Among the proposals being discussed are Ukraine's permanent neutrality, international security guarantees, and limitations on the size of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. However, key issues remain a matter of significant disagreement.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that the Kremlin was not pleased with Erdogan's "peace plan" regarding Russia's war against Ukraine. Erdogan's proposal includes Ukraine not joining NATO for at least 10 years, freezing the current front line, providing Ukraine with weapons, and deploying international troops in a demilitarized buffer zone in the east of the country.