Zelensky says Ukraine will ‘not give up land' ahead of Trump-Putin summit in Alaska
Zelensky said Ukraine 'will not give Russia any awards for what it has done' and that 'Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier.'
The remarks came after Trump said he would meet with Vladimir Putin even if the Russian leader would not meet with Zelensky. The Trump-Putin meeting, scheduled for next Friday in Alaska, is seen as a potential breakthrough in the more than three-year war.
Zelensky dismissed the planned summit, warning that any negotiations to end Europe's biggest conflict since World War II must include Kyiv.
'Any decisions that are without Ukraine are at the same time decisions against peace. They will not bring anything. These are dead decisions. They will never work,' he said.
Following Trump's comments, European and Ukrainian officials gathered in England with US Vice President JD Vance on Saturday. The hours long meetings in Kent produced significant progress on trying to bring about an end to the war, according to a US official who did not offer any details, including which European allies participated. The official was not authorised to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
French President Emmanuel Macron said in a post on X before the meetings that he had talked with Zelensky, Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and that they 'remain determined to support Ukraine.'
'Ukraine's future cannot be decided without the Ukrainians. … Europeans will also necessarily be part of the solution, as their own security is at stake,' he said.
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