Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky proposes exchange of seized territory with Russia as part of potential negotiations to end the war.
Ukraine controls a small pocket of Russian territory, part of the Kursk Oblast, captured during the surprising invasion of August.
Zelensky, In an interview with the Guardiansaid he planned to provide Russian Kursk control in exchange for Ukrainian territory under Russian occupation.
“We're going to replace one area with another,” Zelensky said.
Zelensky neither dealed with negotiations regarding the status of other lands occupied by Russia, nor on the territory that Kiev would be returned to Ukraine in exchange for Kursk.
“I don't know, I know. But all our territory is important and we have no priorities,” he said.
Zelensky's remarks have been made as President Trump laid the foundation for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, stopping nearly three years of war since Russia began a full-scale invasion in February 2022. is.
Russia also invaded Ukraine in 2014, gaining and annexing the Crimean Peninsula and the territorial pockets in eastern Ukraine.
Moscow controls the Crimean Peninsula with about 20% of the country's eastern Ukrainian territory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's request to end Russia's war with Ukraine, Kiev joins NATO, recognising Russia's control over four Ukrainian territories, including areas not occupied by Russian forces. It involves abandoning the desire to do so.
Trump said he would end the war in 24 hours during his campaign, but his timeline extended to about 100 days from his inauguration.
He spoke to the New York Post over the phone with Putin, but said he wouldn't say it again.
The Trump administration's chief executive will head to Europe this week to cuddle with US allies and Ukrainian officials to lead Ukraine and Russia to the negotiation table.
This includes Vice President Vance, who is expected to meet Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference, which takes place from Friday to Sunday.
Trump's special envoys for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will also travel to Munich. Defense Secretary Pete Hegses is touring US military facilities in Europe.
