Putin, Ukraine and Donbas
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says constitution prevents territorial surrender to Russia as international leaders discuss potential peace negotiations with Moscow.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that Russia-Ukraine land swaps are the “fundamental issue” that will be discussed at the White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday.
In a move that could reshape the course of the war in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump has backed a proposal for Kyiv to give up the Donbas region t.
The future of Ukraine’s industrial heartland in the east of the country is uncertain, after Vladimir Putin reportedly demanded it be handed to Russia during his meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday.
At their Alaska summit, Trump and Putin discussed a peace framework in which Russia would return small occupied areas of Ukraine in exchange for Kyiv ceding larger eastern territories, halting Nato ambitions,
Evacuees at a shelter in eastern Ukraine reacted angrily to talk that land that has long been theirs could be given to Russia in exchange for peace.
Trump’s desire for Ukraine to give up its remaining territory in this key eastern region to end the war could remain elusive. Ahead of the Alaska meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy firmly dismissed such a possibility,