Russian strongman Vladimir Putin proposed taking all of the Ukrainian region of Donetsk — even the parts Ukraine currently controls — in exchange for a deal, The Post previously reported.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held calls on Saturday with his Turkish and Hungarian counterparts, the Russian foreign ministry said, hours after a summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents yielded no deal on ending the war in Ukraine.

The president of Ukraine and his European allies are to visit the White House on Monday, after President Trump backed Russia’s plan to end the war.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Aug. 17 following a meeting of the so-called "coalition of the willing" that Russia is offering Ukraine's capitulation in its war against Moscow through its peace proposals.