Donald Trump reportedly wants to organize a trilateral summit with himself, Vladimir Putin, and Volodymyr Zelensky by next Friday, according to what he told European leaders after the Alaska summit, Axios reports.

According to the same source, Putin demanded as a condition for peace the full withdrawal of Ukraine from two eastern provinces.

Specifically, U.S. President Trump and his special envoy for Ukraine, Steve Witkoff, relayed that Putin asked Ukraine to cede two of the four regions claimed by Russia (Donetsk and Luhansk) and to “freeze” the front lines in the other two (Kherson and Zaporizhzhia). It is noted that Russia controls nearly all of Luhansk but only about three-quarters of Donetsk.

As Axios reports, Putin presented his willingness to halt advances in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia as a concession, in exchange for Ukraine’s withdrawal from Donetsk.

A Ukrainian source said the U.S. side had the impression that Putin was ready to negotiate over the small portions of Sumy and Kharkiv regions currently under Russian control.

“This proposal requires Ukraine to transfer significantly more territory to Russia than vice versa — something Moscow could portray as reasonable, given Russia’s military advantage, but which Ukraine would almost certainly reject. Putin also asked the U.S. to recognize Russia’s sovereignty over the parts of Ukraine it would gain under a peace deal, according to the source,” Axios noted.

Beijing also seems to be entering the picture, as Putin reportedly expressed willingness to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine, but named China as one of the possible guarantors — possibly implying opposition to a security force consisting of NATO troops.

Ukraine and its European backers are considering the idea of a “coalition of the willing” to support Ukraine in deterring future Russian invasions. Kyiv reportedly responded positively to Trump’s position in favor of security guarantees for Ukraine during a phone call after the Alaska summit.

Trump, however, stressed that this would not be a NATO mission, while Ukraine hopes the U.S. will participate in some capacity. A U.S. official said the issue would be further discussed during Zelensky’s upcoming visit to the White House, the report concludes.

Zelensky: Russia is ‘complicating’ the end of the war

At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Russia for refusing to accept a ceasefire, stressing that it is “complicating the situation” regarding Trump’s push for a peace deal following his meeting with Putin in Alaska.

“We see that Russia rejects the numerous calls for a ceasefire and has not yet decided when it will stop the killings. This complicates the situation. If it is not willing to give a simple order to stop the attacks, it may take great effort for Russia to agree to something much more important: peaceful coexistence with its neighbors for decades,” Zelensky wrote in a post on X late Saturday night.