Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding the rest of the Donetsk region in exchange for halting Moscow's offensive, sources told ABC News.

It would be fair to say that the mood among my Ukrainian friends yesterday morning was positively bubbling – the most optimistic I have heard them for ages.

Putin has managed to capture 88 per cent of Donbas, and now he is reportedly demanding that Ukraine hand over the remainder as his price for peace.

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"We cannot agree with the fact that now it is proposed to resolve questions of security, collective security, without the Russian Federation. This will not work," Lavrov said.