Putin insists on full occupation of 4 Ukrainian regions, despite Witkoff's persuasion — Bloomberg

US special envoy Steve Witkoff failed to convince kremlin leader vladimir putin, and he continues to demand full occupation of four Ukrainian regions.

Bloomberg writes this with reference to sources in moscow.

During his last visit to moscow, Steve Witkoff tried to convince vladimir putin to cease fire and stop fighting along the current front line. However, putin demanded that he be given the entire Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions.

European officials also do not yet see any tangible signs that putin has agreed to abandon his demands for the Ukrainian regions and accept US proposals to end the war.

One of the sources of the publication in moscow believes that the negotiations have reached a dead end, and direct contact between putin and Donald Trump is needed for their continuation.

Recall that on April 25, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff held a three-hour meeting with president vladimir putin in moscow to discuss the US plan to end the war in Ukraine.

Witkoff presented the text of proposals to European allies at the talks in Paris to end the war between Ukraine and the aggressor country russia. The Reuters news agency claims that he has obtained this document. He published it in full on his website.