Volodymyr Zelensky slammed the idea of a Trump‑Putin summit in Alaska as a dangerous charade. He insisted that any peace agreement struck without Ukraine—especially one contemplating the cession of Ukrainian land—“will achieve nothing.” Invoking the Ukrainian constitution, he reiterated: “Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier,” and dismissed such back‑channel initiatives as “dead solutions.” In Zelensky’s reckoning, they are by definition bound to fail—not least because they exclude the very nation under siege .

When reports surfaced of Trump proposing territory swaps—possibly trading occupied Ukrainian regions for parts of Russia, like Kursk—Zelensky rejected them outright. He made clear that rewarding aggression with concessions is utterly unacceptable . In a forceful

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