Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end war in Ukraine
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Vladimir Putin is reported to have told President Trump that he wants Ukraine to hand over more of its sovereign territory in the east, in return for Moscow freezing front lines elsewhere. According to sources involved in Friday's talks in Alaska, the Russian president said it should gain all of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including parts that Ukraine currently controls. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has said he will not give up sovereignty of any territory. On Monday, he is due to meet the US President Donald Trump in Washington. Also: Orwell's "Animal Farm" at 80, and are mangoes good for diabetes?
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:04.3 | I'm Jackie Leonard, and in the early hours of Sunday, the 17th of August, these are our main stories. |
| 0:10.0 | Vladimir Putin is reported to have told President Trump that he wanted a Ukrainian withdrawal |
| 0:15.2 | from two eastern regions in return for Russia freezing front lines elsewhere. |
| 0:22.4 | Thousands of people have fled Gaza City's Zaytun neighborhood, where Israeli forces are intensifying their attacks, and heavy |
| 0:28.2 | rains and flooding are now known to have killed at least 300 people in northern Pakistan. |
| 0:34.5 | Also in this podcast, Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. |
| 0:41.2 | And among us animals let there be perfect unity. |
| 0:45.1 | All men are enemies. |
| 0:47.0 | It's 80 years since the publication of Animal Farm |
| 0:50.2 | by the English novelist George Orwell. |
| 0:56.5 | The Russian President Vladimir Putin is reported to have told his US counterpart, Donald Trump, |
| 1:02.8 | that he wants Ukraine to hand over more of its sovereign territory in the east in return for Moscow freezing front lines elsewhere. |
| 1:13.3 | According to sources involved in Friday's talks in Alaska, Mr Putin said it should gain all of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions, |
| 1:20.0 | including parts that Ukraine currently controls. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky |
| 1:25.5 | has always said he will not give up sovereignty of any territory. |
| 1:30.6 | On Monday, he's due to meet Donald Trump, who says further talks should lead to a full peace deal. |
| 1:37.1 | Mr Zelensky has stressed that Kiev should be included in future discussions with Moscow. |
| 1:43.2 | European leaders have offered their help to President |
| 1:45.7 | Zelensky. They issued a joint statement welcoming President Trump's promise to give security guarantees |
| 1:52.1 | to Ukraine. The statement, which we have voiced up, came from the European Commission President |
| 1:57.4 | Ursula von der Leyen, and have been agreed with several EU nations and the UK. |
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