President Vladimir Putin's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia.

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 took weeks to present Ukraine with a “memorandum” setting out its conditions for a ceasefire, as well as key guidelines for a comprehensive treaty to end the more than 3-year-old war. To practically no one’s surprise,