Zelenskyy says he would offer "straight territory swap" if talks with Putin take place
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that if Donald Trump succeeds in bringing Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table, he will offer Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin an exchange of territories, swapping occupied Ukrainian territory for the parts of Russia’s Kursk Oblast controlled by the Ukrainian military.
Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with The Guardian, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Zelenskyy said that if Donald Trump succeeds in bringing Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table, he plans to offer Russia a direct exchange of territories.
Quote: "We will swap one territory for another."
Details: The president added that he did not know what part of the Russian-occupied territories Ukraine would ask for in return: "I don’t know, we will see. But all our territories are important, there is no priority."
Background:
- Ukraine has held part of the territory of Russia's Kursk Oblast for more than six months.
- In recent weeks, Trump has repeatedly said he is in talks to end the war in Ukraine and claimed they are going "pretty well".
- According to unconfirmed sources, the US president has already spoken on the phone with Vladimir Putin. He has also expressed his willingness to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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