Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Russia reiterates its peace terms for Ukraine in a private communique to the U.S., demanding control over Donbas, challenging U.S. policy.
By Gram Slattery and Jonathan Landay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia reiterated its previous terms for reaching a peace deal with Ukraine in a private communique sent to the U.S. over the weekend known as a "non paper," two U.S. officials said.
The communique reiterated Russia's demand that it take control of all of Ukraine's Donbas region, one of the officials said, a stance that effectively rejects U.S. President Donald Trump's current position that the frontlines should be frozen at their prevailing locations.
(Reporting by Gram Slattery and Jonathan Landay; Editing by Don Durfee)
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