U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker on Russia's demands stalling peace talks, the 'cards' President Trump can use to encourage peace and a report that the Pentagon is preventing Ukraine from using long-range missiles to attack Russia.

In the most detailed Russian-based reporting to date on Putin's offer at the Alaska summit, Reuters was able to outline the contours of what the Kremlin would like to see in a possible peace deal.

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters.