The Kremlin's attitude has been learned to be tougher and reluctant to give up on the occupied territories of Ukraine

On 22 July, it was revealed by persons close to the Kremlin that Russia was no longer willing to return the part of its territory to Ukraine in any agreement to end the war, but planned to retain it as a buffer zone. According to three informed sources, Russian President Putin remains committed to full control of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine by force, and intends to retain parts of Sume and Kharkov near the Russian border as buffer zones. According to these sources, Putin has given up his territorial concessions, because Russia believes that the increasingly confrontational statements of the United States suggest that the informal consensus between Putin and Trump at the Alaska summit no longer exists. "The New Wave"