The upcoming phone call between the presidents of Russia and the US, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, is a leading topic in the world press, BTA writes.
The French newspaper "Le Monde" quoted Trump as saying before the call that "many of the elements of a final agreement have been agreed".
The US president "is determined to get an agreement", said US presidential spokeswoman Caroline Levitt. She added that sanctions against Russia may be imposed "if the discussions do not go as expected". Levitt stressed yesterday that "we have never been so close to a peace agreement".
Russia has presented the United States with a list of demands to stop its invasion of Ukraine and restore relations with Washington, the British newspaper "Independent" reports. The content of the letter remains unknown, but Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said it included a request for guarantees that Kiev would not be able to join NATO.
Putin said he would accept a ceasefire if he believed it would lead to "long-term peace" and any such agreement must eliminate the "root causes" about the conflict, recalls "Independent".
The Russian president said that Russian forces were advancing along the entire front line and that the ceasefire would have to ensure that Ukraine would not try to use it simply to regroup.
"Trump's discussions with Putin will focus on what Ukraine would lose," reads the headline of the "New York Times".
In a conversation reminiscent of the Yalta Conference in 1945, the leader of Russia and the leader of the United States will discuss today who gets what in the end of the war in Ukraine, the American publication notes.
The US president said that the negotiations will discuss territories and power plants, the British newspaper notes. "Telegraph".
Russia has repeatedly claimed sovereignty over Crimea, which it invaded in 2014, and over four Ukrainian regions: Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhia.
Ukraine insists that it will not give up the lands that are not currently occupied by Russian forces, nor will it recognize the annexed territories as Russian. There is information that Trump is considering recognizing Crimea as Russian as part of the peace agreement, the British publication notes.
Europeans are worried before the talks between Trump and Putin on Ukraine, notes the French publication "Poin". The upcoming telephone conversation was the leading topic of discussion among foreign ministers at their meeting yesterday in Brussels, during which the EU's top diplomat, Kaia Kallas, announced Europe's plans to allocate another 40 billion euros to Ukraine.
The British newspaper The Guardian notes that dozens of chiefs of staff from countries allied to Ukraine will meet in Britain on Thursday to plan how a "coalition of the willing" could send troops to support the Ukrainians if a ceasefire is declared. The United States will not be represented at the meeting.
More than 30 countries are expected to join such a coalition, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office said yesterday after he held a teleconference with dozens of leaders over the weekend.