Zelenskyy Rejects Formally Ceding Ukrainian Territory, Says Kyiv Must Be Part Of Peace Deal

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was dismissed on Saturday planned summit US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that any peace agreement except Kiev will lead to “dead solutions ..

The Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska on Friday is seen as a potential breakthrough.

Trump had previously agreed to meet with Putin, even if he would not meet with Russian leader Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s II.

In a statement published in Telegram, Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine’s regional integrity in the Constitution cannot be bargained and permanent peace should include Ukraine’s voice on the table.

Zelenskyy said that Ukraine would not give any reward to Russia for what she did ”and that“ Ukrainians will not give their territory to the invader ”.

Referring to Ukrainian concerns that a meeting between Putin and Trump can marginalize the interests of Kiev and European, Zelenskyy said, “non -Ukraine decisions will not bring anything against peace. They will never bring anything. They will never work.” He said.

Ukrainian officials had previously said that it would be appropriate for a peace agreement that would notice that Kiev could not regain the lost zones of Ukraine in particular for the Associated Press.

Trump said he would meet with Putin Discuss the end of the war in Ukraine.

Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s Foreign Affairs Advisor, said in a statement on the Kremlin’s news channel, “Our delegation simply fly along the Bering Strait and seems to be completely logical for such an important and expected summit of the leaders of the two countries in Alaska.”

Such a summit may be very important in a war in which Russia occupied the Western neighbor and caused tens of thousands of deaths more than three years ago, but although there is no guarantee that Moscow and Kiev will stop the war Very far in peace conditions.

Trump suggested that the journalists in the White House would probably include a karı some change of regions ,, but did not give any details in the comments before his position confirming the history and place. Analysts, including a place close to the Kremlin, suggested that Russia could offer to give up the area that it was controlled outside the four regions that it claimed to have annexed.

Trump said that his meeting with Putin would come before any seating debate about Zelenskyy. He announced that he plans to host one of the enemies of America, and broke with expectations to meet in a third country. The movement has given Putin verification after the United States and its allies have long tried to make it a pariah on the war against Ukraine.

He angered Trump almost two weeks ago for calling Putin to stop bombing Ukraine cities. Increased his ultimatum To apply additional sanctions to Russia and to provide secondary tariffs aimed at the countries that buy Russian oil if the Kremlin does not move towards a settlement.

. The deadline was Friday. However, the White House did not answer questions about the status of possible sanctions after Trump announced a meeting with Putin.

Before Trump announced the meeting with Putin, he had efforts to force Russia to stop fighting. did not make progress. The larger army of the Kremlin is slowly moving to Ukraine at a great cost in troops and armor. Bombs of Ukrainian cities. Russia and Ukraine are far from peace conditions.

Regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin, two people were killed and 16 people said on Saturday that a Russian drone hit a minibus in the suburbs of Ukraine city of Ukraine. According to the regional government Ivan Fedorov, two people died after shooting a Russian drone Zaporizhzhia.

Ukraine Air Force said on Saturday, 47 Russian planes were launched on a night, 31 drones have reached targets in 15 different places, he said. He also said that Russia has dropped one of the two missiles deployed.

In the meantime, the Russian Defense Ministry, air defenses, Russia and the Black Sea 97 Ukraine drones on Saturday and Saturday morning reduced 21 more, he said.

Morton reported from London.