It will be the first time the Russian leader has visited the US since 2015, when he spoke at the UN assembly under the presidency of Barack Obama.
Despite this clear obstacle, the US President has insisted that a ceasefire deal close, giving the impression that negotiators could be edging towards a compromise.
In a statement released on Saturday, Zelensky said that Kyiv is “ready for real decisions that can bring peace” but rejected the idea of Ukraine giving up territory.
He also emphasised that a lasting peace must include Ukraine’s voice at the table. Zelensky is not expected to attend next week’s summit, though one White House official told CBS News that he could still be involved in some capacity.
Volodymyr Zelensky said the answer to the Ukrainian territorial question already is in the Constitution of Ukraine (Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service)While Zelensky has stressed his willingness to negotiate, accepting the loss of a fifth of Ukraine’s territory would be a red line.
French President, Emmanuel Macron, who helped established the coalition of the willing with Starmer, said in a social media post on X that the future of Ukraine cannot be decided without the Ukrainians.
Could Putin scale back territorial demands?
According to reports, US officials are attempting to persuade European leaders to accept a deal that would involve Russia handing back some of its land in Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska next week to discuss ending the war with Ukraine. (Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
It is has now been reported that Putin has relaxed his demand to annex the five eastern regions of Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea.
During his campaign for the presidency, Trump boasted that he could secure a deal to end fighting in Ukraine within a day.
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Last month, frustrated at Putin for ignoring his calls to stop bombing Ukrainian cities, Trump vowed to impose additional sanctions on Russia and introduce secondary tariffs targeting countries that purchase its oil if the Kremlin did not move toward a settlement.
Imposing fresh sanctions could risk Putin cancelling the talks before they begin.
Trump the dealmaker
Trump has consistently pledged to end the war in Ukraine multiple times during his re-election campaign.
More recently, Trump announced a truce between Armenia Azerbaijan. The deal brings an end to a conflict between the two countries since 1991 with the fall of the Soviet Union.
Donald Trump with Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office in April (Photo: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters)Five countries, have since backed Trump to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, namely Israel.
Asked whether he was hoping to win the Nobel peace prize, Trump said: “I’m not doing it for that … I want to save lives.”
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