WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump will meet on Aug. 15 in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end of the war in Ukraine, Trump said today.

Trump made the announcement on social media after he said that the parties, including Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, were close to a ceasefire deal that could resolve the three-year conflict.

Addressing reporters at the White House earlier today, Trump suggested an agreement would involve some exchange of land.

“There’ll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both,” Trump said.

In his evening address to the nation, Zelenskyy said it was possible to achieve a ceasefire as long as adequate pressure was applied to Russia. He said he had held more than a dozen conversations with leaders of different coun

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