Russian President Vladimir Putin is traveling to Alaska to meet with President Donald Trump to potentially negotiate the end to a conflict that experts believed would’ve ended more than three years ago.
Their highly anticipated meeting, which could change the trajectory of the conflict, comes just shy of the three and a half year anniversary of the start of Russia’s invasion.
Ahead of their conversation, Trump has publicly floated the idea that both sides will have to agree to swap land to end the conflict. It raises the possibility that Russia may get to keep some of the Ukrainian territory it currently holds or has annexed, but not necessarily all of it.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would not willingly give up territory, which also wouldn't be allowed under