A lot of fakes: Putin is ready to give up uncontrolled parts of four regions — FT

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes to stop the fighting on Ukraine on the current front line. It is reported by the Financial Times newspaper, citing sources.

Putin is ready to stop the fighting and give up uncontrolled parts of the four regions in exchange for recognizing the rest of the territory for Russia, the newspaper writes.

"Putin offered to stop his invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine through the current front line as part of efforts to reach a peace agreement with US President Donald Trump... Putin told (Steve) According to Witkoff, Trump's special envoy, Moscow may abandon its claims on the territory of four partially occupied regions of Ukraine that remain under Kiev's control.

As part of a potential deal, Ukraine would undertake not to return the territory occupied by Russia by force, while Russia would agree to stop the slow advance of its army," the article quoted by Pool No. 3 says.

In return, Putin would like the United States to recognize Crimea as Russian and block Ukraine's accession to NATO.

According to the FT, Trump wants to complete the agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine by April 30, so that he could declare that he had completed his peacekeeping mission in the first 100 days of his presidency. And Russia can stop the fighting when it completely ousts the Ukrainian troops from Kursk region, the newspaper notes.

Commenting on this article, the press secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, said that "a lot of fakes are being published now, including respected publications, so you only need to listen to the original sources."