Kyiv —

US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are meeting Friday for a summit in Alaska aimed - on the US side at least - at bringing an end to the grinding war that has followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of 2022. Any peace deal around Ukraine would need to involve agreement on territory, with Russia currently occupying almost a fifth of Ukraine’s land.

Last Friday, Trump suggested a ceasefire deal could involve “some swapping of territories,” but it is not yet clear what areas he was referring to, and Ukraine has categorically rejected ceding parts of its land. Russia, too, has rejected the idea.

On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Trump was “very clear” on a call with European leaders that Washington wants to obtain a ceasefire and that U

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