According to Reuters citing Russia’s national daily newspaper Kommersant, Russian President Vladimir Putin would like U.S. President Trump to formally recognize Russia’s claim to all regions of Eastern Ukraine annexed in September 2022, including Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia, as well as the Crimean Peninsula, which was invaded and annexed by Russia in 2014. In exchange for the recognition, Putin has said that he would not lay claim to the Ukrainian port city of Odesa on the Black Sea and other territory in Ukraine. When asked, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed that Putin had not discussed the idea with Trump during their call on Tuesday.