President Vladimir Putin's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia, according to three Russian sources with knowledge of the negotiations.

Russia says it is currently drafting its version a memorandum that would establish the contours of a peace accord and cannot estimate how long that will take.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is “ready to make peace, but not at any price,” a senior Russian source familiar with the Kremlin’s top-level position said South Africa Today – World News Read more at Pravda.

After Russia launched a record air assault on Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said America's "silence" is encouraging Vladimir Putin.