Russia pointed to its constitution in response to a remark by U.S. President Donald Trump that there would likely be a "swapping of territories" in a deal to end Moscow's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Trump is due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday to discuss a peace deal. Territorial control is a key issue. Russia has seized about a fifth of Ukrainian land in the east. Ukraine controls no Russian territory.

Asked about Trump's suggestion that Russia and Ukraine could swap land , Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Alexei Fadeev said at a news briefing on Wednesday that there was "no need to even invent anything territorial."

"The structure of the Russian Federation is enshrined in the Constitution of our country," Fadeev said, originally in Russian. "Th

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