🇺🇦 🇷🇺 BREAKING: U.S. peace proposals delivered to Vladimir Putin include a scenario in which Ukraine would surrender all of Donbas to Russia in exchange for NATO security guarantees, according to a Kremlin-connected source speaking to Reuters. The proposal was reportedly among the documents Steve Witkoff presented to Putin during their meeting in St. Petersburg. The revelation raises a question about Washington's latest diplomatic initiative: whether Ukraine is again being asked to relinquish territory that Russian forces have failed to capture militarily. President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed willingness to negotiate a ceasefire along the existing front lines but has repeatedly rejected withdrawing Ukrainian troops from the remaining Ukrainian-controlled areas of Donbas. Those territories include strategically important defensive positions that Kyiv considers essential to its future security. The reported scenario also leaves major questions unanswered about the nature of NATO's proposed guarantees, their enforcement and whether Russia would accept such an arrangement. Reuters has not reported that Ukraine agreed to the proposal or that any agreement was reached during Witkoff's meeting with Putin. For now, the territorial dispute remains unresolved, even as Washington and Moscow discuss restarting trilateral negotiations. Source: Reuters, October 22, 2026.