US EditionNo Zelenskyy at Russia Meeting, Land Swaps on the Table: Trump
UKRAINE, AUG 10 – Zelensky opposes territorial concessions citing Ukrainian public opposition and constitutional barriers while Russia holds 20% of Ukraine, risking further aggression if land is ceded, analysts say.
- US President Donald Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15 to discuss a peace deal involving Ukraine's territory.
- Trump signaled that the talks could include swapping some territories between Ukraine and Russia, a plan opposed by Ukrainian President Zelensky and European leaders.
- Ukraine currently faces Russian occupation of around 20 percent of its territory, including parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Crimea, areas claimed by Moscow since 2014 and 2022.
- Zelensky has rejected any peace agreement that cedes Ukrainian land, calling such decisions 'dead decisions' and emphasizing Ukrainians 'will not gift their land to the occupier.'
- The planned Alaska talks and territory discussions have intensified diplomacy, but Ukraine's constitutional and public opposition complicate any agreements that involve land concessions.
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President Trump says land swap may be necessary for Russia, Ukraine peace deal
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President Donald Trump is preparing for a highly anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska this Friday. The Trump administration says the top priority is brokering a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. "I think it will be good, but it might be bad. I'm here for one reason: to get rid of a war somebody else started,” said Trump. The Trump administration has been trying to negotiate an end to the…
Trump: Russia and Ukraine peace requires “land swapping”
President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine will engage in “land swapping” that will be “good” and “bad” for both countries, a key part of his push to end the years-long war. The president’s comments on Monday follow insistence from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that his country would not trade land for peace, and underscore Trump’s focus on making a deal with Putin. Still, Trump insisted that the Russian president, too, would likel…
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Trump says Ukraine, Russia will have to swap some land for peace
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday (Aug 11) that both Ukraine and Russia would need to cede land to each other to end the war, adding that his upcoming talks with Russian President Vladimi
Trump says Zelensky won't attend Alaska summit with Putin, but Ukraine-Russia talks should follow
During the press conference, U.S. President Donald Trump added that he was "a little bothered" by Zelensky's words regarding "constitutional approval" for land swaps as part of a potential peace agreement.
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