Zelensky and EU leaders to make a call with Trump before the Putin summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joins European leaders in talks aimed at increasing pressure on US President Donald Trump to line up on the side of Ukraine at the summit on Friday with his Russian counterpart in Alaska.

In an online call with Trump, managers should repeat that no decision should be taken without Ukraine, including the modification of its borders by force.

Trump said that any peace agreement would imply “an exchange of territories” and it is believed that one of the requirements of Russian President Vladimir Putin is that Kyiv makes the parts of the donbas that she still controls.

On Tuesday, Zelensky said that such a concession could be used as a springboard for future attacks by Russia, which made earnings recently.

Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

A Russian summer offensive progressed with troops making a sudden push near the eastern city of Dobropillia and advancing 10 km (six miles) in a short time.

While minimizing Russia’s advance, Zelensky said it was “clear for us” that Moscow’s objective was to create a “certain information space” before Putin meets Trump only “Russia is advancing, advances, while Ukraine loses”.

On Friday, no official detail emerged on Putin’s requests when he meets Trump in Anchorage.

The Donbas – Composed of the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk – have been partly occupied by Russia since 2014.

Moscow now holds almost all Luhansk and around 70% Donetsk, but addressing journalists on Tuesday, Zelensky reaffirmed that Ukraine would reject any proposal to leave the Donbas.

Zelensky previously insisted that the Ukrainians “did not offer their land to the occupier” and underlined the constitution of the country, which requires a referendum before a change of territory.

Last week, Trump said that there would be “an exchange of territories towards improving” Russia and Ukraine – concerns aroused in kyiv and through Europe that Moscow could be authorized to restart the borders of Ukraine by force.

Russia currently controls just under 20% of the Ukrainian territory.

The White House said on Tuesday that the talks in Alaska would be a “listening exercise” for Trump and added that having it and Putin sitting in the same room would give the American president “the best indication on how to end this war”.

It follows that Trump describing the summit as a “feeling of feeling of execution” on Monday, seeming to alleviate the expectations that the meeting on Friday could bring Ukraine and Russia closer to peace.

When he announced the summit last week, Trump seemed certain that the meeting could lead to concrete stages towards peace.

“I think my instinct really tells me that we have a chance,” he said.

The Ukrainian chief previously declared that any agreement without the involvement of kyiv would constitute “dead decisions”.