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Trump said he would tell Vladimir Putin to end the war at the two leaders’ Alaska meeting on Friday
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Volodymyr Zelensky is prepared to cede Russian-held territory as part of a peace deal, according to reports.
The Ukrainian president told European leaders Ukrainian territory seized by Russia since Vladimir Putin’s illegal February 2022 invasion could be on the table, The Daily Telegraph reported.
But Mr Zelensky urged European countries to push back on any settlement proposed by US president Donald Trump that would see Kyiv handing over land Ukraine still holds.
The deal could mean handing Russia control of the territory it occupies in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Crimea.
Mr Zelensky’s softened stance comes as Mr Trump and Mr Putin are set to meet for crunch talks in Alaska on Friday, which the US president described as a “feel-out meeting”.
“So I’m going in to speak to Vladimir Putin, and I’m going to be telling him, you’ve got to end this war. You’ve got to end it,” Mr Trump said.
Asked about Mr Zelensky wanting to attend, Mr Trump added: “I would say he could go, but he’s gone to a lot of meetings, he’s been there for three and a half years and nothing happened.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he spoke with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and thanked him for his “readiness to make efforts for peace”.
“Communication with leaders is ongoing practically around the clock – we are in constant touch,” he wrote on X. “Now is the moment when there is a real chance to achieve peace.”
US president Donald Trump is set to meet Vladimir Putin for crunch talks in Alaska on Friday.
Mr Trump described the meeting as a “feel out” and claimed he would know if the Russian president wanted to end the war “within two minutes”.
He said he would urge Mr Putin to end the war. “I’m going to be telling him… You’ve got to end it,” he said.
Asked about Mr Zelensky wanting to attend, Mr Trump added: “I would say he could go, but he’s gone to a lot of meetings, he’s been there for three and a half years and nothing happened.”
Europe’s destiny will be in the hands of two, maybe three, men on Friday. Decisions taken between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and (perhaps) Volodymyr Zelensky will determine the future of the continent.
The outcome can only go Europe’s way if its leaders, who know this, prepare their nations for the possibility of outright war with Moscow. They need to be able to elbow the US aside, and prepare their people for the worst.
In the chaotic whirl of events around the announcement of the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska – a state the US actually bought from Russia – the terms of the meeting remain misty and mysterious.
US president Donald Tump said crunch talks with Vladimir Putin in Alaska this week would be a “feel out” meeting.
“So I’m going in to speak to Vladimir Putin, and I’m going to be telling him, you’ve got to end this war. You’ve got to end it,” Mr Trump said.
Asked about Mr Zelensky wanting to attend, Mr Trump added: “I would say he could go, but he’s gone to a lot of meetings, he’s been there for three and a half years and nothing happened.”
Volodymyr Zelensky is prepared to cede Russian-held territory as part of a peace deal, according to reports.
The Ukrainian president told European leaders Ukrainian territory seized by Russia since Vladimir Putin’s illegal February 2022 invasion could be on the table, The Daily Telegraph reported.
But Mr Zelensky urged European countries to push back on any settlement proposed by US president Donald Trump that would see Kyiv handing over land Ukraine still holds.
This would mean handing Russia control of the territory it occupies in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Crimea.
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