President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin in Alaska in August 2025. Photo: White House press service The Kremlin continues to insist on the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the territory of the entire Donbass to conclude a peace agreement with Kiev. “ They know in Ukraine that this needs to be done and that sooner or later they will do it anyway ,” Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said in an interview with Russian state television on May 10.