Land swaps for security guarantees would be the bitterest of pills for Zelensky to swallow. But the alternatives may well be worse

President Donald Trump also signaled that he and Vladimir Putin had discussed potential land swaps and security guarantees for Ukraine.

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Land swaps for security guarantees would be the bitterest of pills for Zelensky to swallow. But the alternatives may well be worse

President Trump has offered only vague assurances of security guarantees for Ukraine if President Volodymyr Zelensky agrees to cut a deal with Russia.

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