US President Donald Trump has been reportedly ready to cut short talks with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska due to Putin's intransigence over his demand to annex the entire Donetsk Oblast. Source: Axios,

The Russian president allegedly told Donald Trump that he wants all of Ukraine’s Donbas region as part of any deal to put an end to the war. More than 10 years into Moscow's relentless assaults in eastern Ukraine,

(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Ukraine withdraw from the eastern Donetsk region as a condition for ending Russia's war but told U.S. President Donald Trump he could freeze the rest of the frontline if his core demands were met,

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy maintained his unrelenting stand on the Donbas region even hours before the Trump meeting in the US. As of now, he has no plans to submit to Putin's demand for territory control.

Soldiers from the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully carried out assault operations that led to the complete liberation of the villages of Zolotyi Kolodiaz and Petrivka in the Donetsk region from Russian occupation.

Small groups of Russian troops have pierced parts of Ukraine’s defenses in its eastern Donetsk region, according to local officials, as Russia appears to be making an 11th-hour dash to snatch as much territory as possible ahead of the planned meeting between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump on Friday.

The General Staff said Russian forces suffered significant losses in the area, including 910 killed, 335 wounded, and 37 captured.

"Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this month.