U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday confirmed he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war.
Trump made the highly anticipated announcement on social media after he said that the parties, including Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, were close to a cease-fire deal that could resolve the three-and-a-half-year conflict, one that could require Ukraine to surrender significant territory.
Addressing reporters at the White House earlier on Friday, Trump suggested an agreement would involve some exchange of land.
"There'll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both," the Republican president said.
However, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Ukraine could not violate its constitution on the territorial issues, adding that "Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupiers."
