Europe and Ukraine press US ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
Trump announced on Friday that he would meet Putin in Alaska on August 15, saying the parties, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, were close to a deal that could resolve the 3½-year conflict.
Details of the potential deal have yet to be announced, but Trump said it would involve 'some swapping of territories to the betterment of both'. It could require Ukraine to surrender significant parts of its territory – an outcome Kyiv and its European allies say would only encourage Russian aggression.
US Vice-President J.D. Vance met Ukrainian and European allies in Britain on Saturday to discuss Trump's push for peace.
The Wall Street Journal said European officials had presented a counterproposal, including demands that a ceasefire must take place before any other steps are taken and that any territory exchange must be reciprocal, with firm security guarantees.
'You can't start a process by ceding territory in the middle of fighting,' it quoted one European negotiator as saying.
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