Russian leader has set his five demands to end the invasion, and at the top of the list is a demand of military alliance

Sources have divulged Vladimir Putin's conditions for halting Russia's attempted invasion of Ukraine, with the primary demand being a halt to NATO's eastward expansion.Putin is insisting the military alliance provide a written guarantee not to pursue enlargement,

Russia’s demands for ending the war in Ukraine, reportedly presented during brief peace talks in Istanbul on June 2nd, amount to a “complete capitulation” for Kyiv. -These “punitive” terms include Ukraine ceding significant territory (Crimea and four eastern regions),