'Putin indicated Russia could be open to territory swap'

President Vladimir Putin told some of Russia's top businessmen he might be open to swapping some territory controlled by Russian forces in Ukraine but that he wanted the whole of Donbas, the Kommersant newspaper reported.

- Reuters

Andrei Kolesnikov, the Kremlin correspondent for the Kommersant, one of Russia's top newspapers, said Putin briefed top businessmen on the details of the plan at a late-night Kremlin meeting on December 24.