A DESPICABLE plan to turn decimated Ukrainian cities into ghastly museums of death for tourists to visit has emerged out of Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bloody invasion has seen civilians forced out of their homes on a mass scale while towns have endured relentless blitzing.

A senior mouthpiece for the tyrant has now suggested Russia should leave these ruins as they are as a sick reminder of Vlad’s war efforts.

Plans to turn these razed villages into museums for visitors come just as Putin appears to want “peace” after his phone call with Donald Trump on Monday.

Denis Pushilin, the leader in the occupied Donetsk region, outlined morbid plans to preserve the wrecked Ukrainian landscapes should Russia keep the regions all to themselves after the war.

He said: “Many people have heard of everything connected with heroic settlements.

“Of course, this will also attract the attention of future tourists to see what Avdiivka is, what Uhledar is, what Artemovsk is, formerly Bakhmut, and other settlements.”

The horrifying plans come as Trump said the Vatican could host Ukraine peace talks after a two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin.

The US President and Russia’s leader spoke for more than two hours in a chat Putin described as “frank and very useful”.

But the latest comments from the Kremlin puppet may show the direction the majority of Putin’s team really want to go in.

Russia frequently claims it has “liberated” regions in Ukraine – but the devastation of these once-thriving places tells a different story.

President Putin is now said to be looking to make these areas into tourist attractions.

The plans have been slammed by Ukrainian Telegram channel Pravda Gerashchenko.

A report blasted them as the “ultimate cynicism”.

It said: “The occupiers have decided to turn the ruins of captured Ukrainian cities into a ‘museum’.

“Pushilin, naturally, did not specify what would happen to those who were left without a roof over their heads.

The report added: “The ‘liberators’ of normal life do not care about the fate of ordinary people, they are more interested in a spectacular picture.”

One town of Toretsk used to be thriving with a Palace of Culture, work places, sports facilities, high-rise buildings, and streets where minibuses ran.

Now it is smashed apart, like dozens of other towns and cities.

Trump and Putin’s phone call on Monday saw the US President try to pressure both Moscow and Kyiv into a ceasefire.

After the call Mad Vlad told state media: “A ceasefire in Ukraine for a certain period of time is possible if appropriate agreements are reached.”

Just hours later, a vile Vlad continued his bloody attacking of Ukraine as Russia dropped a giant ODAB-1500 aerial bomb on the historic city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region.

It was later revealed that Volodymyr Zelensky also spoke with Trump by phone before the Putin call for “a few minutes”.

And Trump has now insisted the Vatican could host the next round of peace negotiations if Putin agrees to come to the negotiating table.

He posted on his Truth Social platform after his Putin call: “I believe it went very well.

“Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire.

“The Vatican, as represented by the Pope, has stated it would be very interested in hosting negotiations.”

Trump’s diplomacy came as peace talks faltered last week after Putin refused to meet with Zelensky in Turkey.

Separate talks in Istanbul led to a prisoner swap deal. But the meeting broke down after Russia demanded Ukraine give up more territory than it has lost.

Mr Zelensky said yesterday: “Ukraine is not afraid of direct talks.”