British newspaper (FT) article claims Putin ready to agree a ceasefire based on actual front lines and abandon precondition that the unoccupied remainder of the so-called (Witkoff) five Ukrainian provinces be handed over to Russia in advance of any ceasefire..
The purpose is to lure President Trump into accepting Russia's “other demands” and force these demands onto Ukraine as a fait accompli. Russia's "other demands" include Putin’s public demands for Ukrainian neutrality, regime change, and demilitarization. These are essentially Putin's pre-war demands that Putin & Kremlin officials have consistently reiterated throughout the war and during negotiations.
Russia is also preparing a range of business side-deals to offer to the US President with the same purpose.
This shows Putin is not going to reject the Truce Proposal” outright but will try to manipulate the US President into over-riding the conditions hammered out between US, Ukrainian and and European negotiators in Paris last week.