Zelensky helpless? Pokrovsk near fall as Trump may hand over Donbas to Putin in ‘cash-for-land’ deal

Ukraine may be pressured to lease part of its territory to Russia under a proposed US-brokered plan to end the war, according to The Telegraph. The arrangement would see Kyiv hand over control of the Donbas region while retaining legal ownership, with Moscow paying an undisclosed rental fee for effective authority over the territory, officials familiar with the proposal said.