Welcome to our coverage of developments in Russia’s war with Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reiterated Kyiv’s opposition to any proposal that would demand it give up territory to Russia, ahead of a summit in Alaska next week between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
In a video statement distributed by the Ukrainian presidency Saturday, Zelensky said the meeting between the US and Russian presidents a on Friday would be “very far from this war which is continuing on our land, against our people and which can’t end without us, without Ukraine.”
According to US officials, Putin has offered to halt the war in Ukraine in exchange for significant territorial concessions by Kyiv. Putin presented the plan to Trump’s foreign envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday. It would require Ukraine to cede the eastern Donbas region — the majority of which is currently occupied by Russia — as well as Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.
“Ukraine is ready for real solutions that can bring peace. Any decisions that are against us, any decisions that are without Ukraine, are also decisions against peace.”
“All partners must understand what a decent peace is,” Zelensky said. Russia was dragging out the war and “not listening to any deadlines.”
“We are ready to work together with President Trump, together with all our partners, for a real and, most importantly, lasting peace – a peace that will not fall apart because of Moscow’s wishes,” Zelensky said.
