Vladimir Putin has played his hand and has told his generals what he needs in return for bringing the Ukraine invasion that has killed hundreds of thousands to an end, according to sources.

According to US data, Russia already controls roughly 88% of the Donbas and 73% of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, though the nation may even be open to handing over parts of the Kharkiv, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine it controls, as part of a deal, say sources.

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine cede full control of the eastern Donbas region, renounce NATO ambitions, remain neutral, and bar Western