Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File | Photo Credit: AP
“Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier,” he stated on social media, as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin put together to carry a summit subsequent week in Alaska to debate peace in Ukraine.
“Any decisions against us, any decisions without Ukraine, are also decisions against peace. They will achieve nothing,” he stated, including that the warfare “cannot be ended without us, without Ukraine”.
Mr. Zelenskyy stated Ukraine was “ready for real decisions that can bring peace” however stated it needs to be a “dignified peace”, with out giving particulars.
Tens of hundreds of individuals have been killed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, with thousands and thousands pressured to flee their properties.
Three rounds of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine this yr have didn’t bear fruit, and it stays unclear whether or not a summit would carry peace any nearer.
Mr. Putin has resisted a number of calls from the United States, Europe and Kyiv for a ceasefire.
He has additionally dominated out holding talks with Mr. Zelenskyy at this stage, a gathering the Ukrainian president says is critical to make headway on a deal.
Announcing the summit with Mr. Putin on Friday, Mr. Trump stated that “there’ll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both” Ukraine and Russia, with out offering additional particulars.
The Alaska summit on August 15 could be the primary between sitting U.S. and Russian presidents since Joe Biden met Mr. Putin in Geneva in June 2021.
Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin final sat collectively in 2019 at a G20 summit assembly in Japan throughout Trump’s first time period. They have spoken by phone a number of occasions since January.
Published – August 09, 2025 01:09 pm IST
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