On December 26, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin told a businessperson during a late-night meeting on December 24 that Russia might be open to exchanging controlled portions of Ukrainian territory, but he demanded the entire Donbas region.
Putin also addressed the management of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, stating that joint Russian-American management was under discussion. Furthermore, Putin revealed that the US had expressed interest in conducting cryptocurrency mining near the Zaporizhia plant, and that the plant was intended to supply some of Ukraine with electricity. (Reuters)