Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelansky has underlined that he would not make Russia no regional concession before a scheduled meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on the future of war in Ukraine.
There is a US-Russian meeting Being in Alaska on 15 August,
A few hours before the announcement of the meeting, Trump indicated that Ukraine might have to terminate the war, which began with a full -scale invasion of Russia in February 2022.
Zelansky said in a telegram post on Saturday that “Ukrainians would not give their land to the occupiers”. He reiterated that Ukraine should join any solution for peace, and that he is ready to work with partners for “real” and “permanent” peace.
Zelansky said Ukraine “will not give Russia’s award what he has done”.
He said, “The answer to the Ukrainian regional issue is already in the Constitution of Ukraine. Nobody will be from it and cannot be distracted by it,” he said.
His statement followed Trump’s comments at the White House on Friday that “some swapping of the states” for the betterment of both.
The US President said, “You are looking at an area that has been fought for three and a half years, many Russians have died. A lot of Ukrainians have died.”
He did not give much information on what such a proposal would look like.
Announcing the meeting between himself and Putin, Trump later said that further details would be followed. The meeting was later confirmed by Kremlin.
Zelansky said on Saturday that Ukraine is “ready for real solutions that can bring peace” but it was underlined that Ukraine needs to be included.
“Any solution that is against us, any solution that is without Ukraine, together is a solution against peace,” he said.
“We are ready, together with President Trump, together with all partners, to work for a real, and most importantly, permanent peace – a peace that will not fall due to the wishes of Moscow.”