Zelensky rejects any territorial compromise before the Trump-Putin summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected all the assignment of territories to Russia on Saturday to obtain peace. In addition, before the summit scheduled for Friday between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, who makes kyiv fear an agreement at his expense.

Russian and American leaders must meet on August 15 in Alaska as part of Mr. Furthermore, Trump’s efforts to find a way out of the Russian invasion of Ukraine launched in 2022. For example, This eagerly awaited meeting will take place without Volodymyr Zelensky, who continues to demand a voice in the chapter.

Any decision that would be made against us. For example, any decision that would be made without Ukraine, would be a decision against peace.

Ukrainians will not give up their land to the occupantsadded the Ukrainian president.

The Russian army currently occupies around 20 % of the Ukrainian territory.

Rather than in neutral terrain. Consequently, the tête-à-tête will take place in the vast and wild state of Alaska, in the far northwest of the American continent, near Russia, a territory that zelensky rejects any territorial compromise the latter had yielded to America at the end of the 19th century^e century.

Exchange of territories – Zelensky rejects any territorial compromise

During a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday. Nevertheless, Zelensky also urged his European allies to adopt clear measures To define a common approach, while the latter are also dismissed from talks.

According to the American president, a war regulations will include territorial concessions.

British Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lammy. Nevertheless, and US vice-president JD Vance will however welcome a meeting on Saturday crucial European and American national security advisers announced the services of Prime Minister Keir Starmer who spoke by phone with Volodymyr Zelensky.

Questioned on this subject on Friday. earlier than the announcement of the summit, Trump said thatthere would be exchanges of territories for the benefit of eachwithout giving more details.

We are talking about a territory on which fights have been raging for over three. a half years […] it’s complicatedhe added to the White House, alongside the Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders who had just signed a zelensky rejects any territorial compromise peace agreement.

Pressure rises against Russia

At this stage. Moscow claims that Ukraine gives him four partially occupied regions (Donetsk, Lougansk, Zaporijia and Kherson), in addition to the Crimea annexed in 2014, and that it renounces Western arms deliveries and any membership in theTake.

Unacceptable requirements for kyiv. who wants the withdrawal of Russian troops from its territory and Western security guarantees, including the pursuit of arms deliveries and the deployment of a European contingent, to which Russia is opposed.

After more than three years of fighting, the Ukrainian and Russian positions are still irreconcilable. Russia is accused of blocking talks by maintaining maximalist requests. at a time when its forces have the advantage on the front and continue to gain ground.

On zelensky rejects any territorial compromise Saturday. the Russian Defense Ministry claimed to capture the locality of Iablonivka in the industrial and mining region of Donetsk, where most of the fights is concentrated.

The Russian forces. which have accelerated their gains in recent months, currently threaten two important Ukrainian fortresses in Donbass, Koupiansk and Kostiiantynivka, as well as the city of Pokrovsk, an important play for the logistics of kyiv’s troops.

In the Donetsk region. four people were killed on Saturday in Russian bombings and two others in the Kherson region, their respective authorities announced. These attacks also made twenty injured.

Faced with the Russian advance, Ukraine ordered new forced evacuations from families on Friday evening with children in the East. This measure concerns around twenty localities, after a similar initiative at the end of July.

Expected meeting

Donald Trump. who has repeatedly promised to put an zelensky rejects any territorial compromise end to the conflict in Ukraine, has spoke several times on the phone with his Russian counterpart in recent months, but has not yet seen him in person since his return to the White House on January 20.

The announced tête-à-tête will be the first between the two leaders since June 2019 in Japan. a year after a summit in Helsinki where Mr. Trump had a resolutely reconciling tone with the Kremlin leader.

Mr. Putin has not walked the American soil since 2015, under the chairmanship of Barack Obama.

The American president launched an ultimatum to Russia last week. which expired on Friday to advance negotiations with kyiv, under penalty of new American sanctions.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine. launched in February 2022, made at least tens of thousands of deaths among the populations of the two countries and caused immense destruction.