Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump during their Aug. 15 summit in Anchorage that Moscow would freeze fighting along most of the current front line if Ukraine withdrew its forces from the entire Donetsk region, according to a Financial Times report that cited four people briefed on the meeting. Some versions of the proposal also included Luhansk, while Putin indicated he would halt new offensives and keep troops in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia under the putative freeze. Trump relayed the offer to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and to European leaders the following day, a source familiar with the calls told Reuters. Zelenskiy rejected ceding the industrial heartland, but agreed to meet Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss next steps, the source said. The plan would hand Russia full control of the Donbas while leaving its forces entrenched elsewhere in Ukraine—terms Kyiv has repeatedly ruled out as undermining the country’s sovereignty. European capitals welcomed renewed diplomacy but said they would continue military and economic support for Ukraine and were prepared to tighten sanctions on Russia if necessary.