Putin is laying “a trap” for the West to walk into if Ukraine ends up giving up land to Russia as part of a potential peace deal to end the war, Kaja Kallas warns.

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of “doing anything” to avoid a summit between the two countries, in a blow to Donald Trump’s plan for a peace deal in Ukraine.Speaking at a press conference alongside Nato chief Mark Rutte,

Last month was the deadliest since Putin launched his full-scale war on Ukraine three and a half years ago. In July alone, 286 civilians were killed and another 1,388, according to official data.

In the most detailed Russian-based reporting to date on Putin's offer at the Alaska summit, Reuters was able to outline the contours of what the Kremlin would like to see in a possible peace deal.

According to Metro, The Russian president made his shocking claims during a visit to Sarov, a closed town where the Soviet Union developed their nuclear weapons. They report that he insisted 'there is propaganda working' in the West for the purposes of 'brainwashing people and claiming that we started the war'.

A week after Alaska, it looks like nothing has changed in the Kremlin.

Russia rains down 614 missiles and drones in massive overnight assault on Ukraine, hitting a US-owned company near NATO borders and raising questions about Putin's negotiation intentions.