It has been claimed that Kyiv is “ready” to give territory away to Vladimir Putin which is currently occupied by Russian forces.
This is part of a plan to try and end the war, the US President has said that will try to “get back” some of Ukraine’s territory, specifically naming “oceanfront property” from Russia.
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will not attend the meeting on Friday with Donald Trump and Putin.
Trump said he will call Zelensky if there is a “fair deal,” he added, “I may say, ‘lots of luck, keep fighting’, or I may say, ‘we can make a deal’.”
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Trump has revealed, “There will be some land-swapping going on. I know that through Russia and through conversations with everybody.
“We’re going to change the lines, the battle lines. Russia has occupied a big portion of Ukraine. They’ve occupied some very prime territory.
“We’re going to try and get some of that territory back for Ukraine. They have taken largely – in real estate we call it oceanfront property. That’s always the most valuable property.”
Ryhor Nizhnikau, a Russia expert at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs believes that the “Trump-Putin meeting can only delay the end of the war.”
“Energy sanctions on China and India for buying Russia’s oil and, more importantly, substantially increasing military aid to Ukraine are the best available tools against Russia at the Western disposal,” he told the Kyiv Independent.
“If Trump wants to use the summit with Putin to avoid keeping his word on the ultimatum (for Russia to agree on a ceasefire), that is bad news.
“It will only further embolden Moscow and Beijing to pursue their current course of action.”
He continued, “I do not expect any breakthrough on the ceasefire.
There is the same major question to ask: has Putin’s stance on the war changed? The answer is no; nothing changed, and he wants to continue the war.
“Putin’s plan is to buy a bit more time and ideally again shift at least some blame back on Ukraine, which would permit him to avoid any serious harshening of the U.S. approach towards Russia.”