Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said the current US peace proposal that heavily favors Moscow could “form the basis for a final peace settlement” in Ukraine.

Putin spoke in favor of President Trump’s 28-point peace plan, which calls for Ukraine to give up the entire Donbas region, shrink its army by a third and abandon its NATO ambitions — all while asking very little of Russia in return.

Putin noted that the terms of the deal were in line with what he and Trump discussed in their summit in Alaska earlier this year, with Russia eager to discuss more at the negotiating table.

“Russia’s interest in a political and diplomatic resolution of the Ukrainian crisis was reaffirmed,” the Kremlin said in a statement on the peace plan

Russia’s positive take on the controversial plan

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