Reuters reported the information, citing sources familiar with high-level Kremlin discussions.Putin is demanding that Ukraine surrender the remaining portions of the eastern Donbas region it still controls, renounce NATO membership ambitions, and agree to keep Western troops out of the country. However, in a shift from previous positions, the Russian leader has indicated Moscow would freeze current front lines in the southern Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions rather than demanding complete Ukrainian withdrawal.The proposal emerged following Putin's meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday, their first summit in over four years, where the leaders spent nearly three hours discussing potential Ukraine compromise scenarios behind closed doors. "Putin is ready for peace - for compromise. That is the message that was conveyed to Trump," one source close to the Kremlin said.Under the new Russian terms, Ukraine would need to completely withdraw from Donbas territories it currently holds, while Moscow would halt advances in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson provinces. Russia controls approximately 88% of the Donbas and 73% of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, according to U.S. estimates. Additionally, Moscow has offered to return small portions of the Kharkiv, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk regions it currently occupies.The proposal represents a modification of Putin's June 2024 demands, which required Ukraine to cede entirety of four provinces Moscow claims. Kyiv rejected those terms as surrender.Putin continues insisting on legally binding pledges that NATO will not expand eastward, limits on Ukrainian military capabilities, and prohibition of Western peacekeeping forces on Ukrainian soil.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly rejected territorial concessions. "If we're talking about simply withdrawing from the east, we cannot do that," Zelenskyy told reporters Thursday. "It is a matter of our country's survival, involving the strongest defensive lines."NATO membership remains enshrined in Ukraine's constitution as a strategic objective, with Zelenskyy asserting Russia has no authority over alliance membership decisions.Political analyst Samuel Charap from RAND Corporation characterized Ukrainian Donbas withdrawal as "a non-starter for Kyiv, both politically and strategically," suggesting Putin's "openness to 'peace' on terms categorically unacceptable to the other side could be more of a performance for Trump than a sign of true willingness to compromise."Trump has expressed determination to end the conflict, stating "I believe Vladimir Putin wants to see it ended" and announcing plans for Russian-Ukrainian leader meetings followed by trilateral U.S. summit discussions.Russian forces currently control approximately one-fifth of Ukraine, an area comparable to Ohio's size, according to U.S. assessments.