Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly “doubled down” on his conditions to end the war in Ukraine, insisting that Kyiv cede the entire Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, abandon its NATO ambitions, adopt a stance of neutrality, and bar Western troops from entering the country, three sources familiar with senior Kremlin discussions told Reuters. In return, Moscow has offered to freeze the frontlines in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of southeastern Ukraine.