Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
President Xi Jinping: We must deepen the alignment of the high-quality Belt and Road Initiative
President Xi Jinping: Member states should expand cooperation and exploit the national potential of each country and jointly promote prosperity
China: President Xi Jinping: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is now the largest regional organization in the world
China: President Xi Jinping: We have always stood by international justice and fairness and rejected hegemony
China: Chinese President opens SCO summit meeting from International Convention Center in Tianjin.
Al-Houthi: We find ourselves in the most sacred battle and the greatest position. We do not consider the sacrifices to be wasted losses; rather, we have given everything for the sake of this stance.
Al-Houthi: The Zionist scheme is undoubtedly a plot to enslave and exploit this nation. This is a fact, not an exaggeration.
Al-Houthi: Great sacrifice in the path of God only increases our steadfastness, determination, certainty, resilience, and cohesion.
Al-Houthi: The Zionist crime confirms the importance of Yemen's conscious and insightful position based on constants, values, and human ethics.
Al-Houthi: The Israeli enemy is a criminal who proves its brutality and monstrosity through all its criminal practices, void of any controls.

Trump confirms 'land swap' talks with Putin at Ukraine war summit

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: News websites
  • 11 Aug 2025 23:13
4 Min Read

Laying out his vision for a peace deal, Trump said it would involve compromise from both Ukraine and Russia.

Listen
  • x
  • Trump confirms 'land swap' talks with Putin at Ukraine war summit
    US President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Hamburg on July 7, 2017. (AP)

US President Donald Trump has confirmed that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss a potential “land swap” as part of efforts to end the war in Ukraine during their summit in Alaska on Friday. 

At a White House press conference on Monday, Trump expressed frustration with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for insisting that any deal involving territorial concessions must be approved through a national referendum.

“I was a little bothered by the fact that Zelensky was saying I have to get constitutional approval,” Trump said, citing that Zelensky has approval to "kill everybody," but needs approval for a land swap. 

European diplomats have voiced concern over the lack of clarity from Washington about which Ukrainian territories Russia is demanding and under what terms a ceasefire would be negotiated. Some fear Trump may make risky concessions based on his perceived close relationship with Putin.

Laying out his vision for a peace deal, Trump said it would involve compromise from both sides. “We’re going to change the lines,  the battle lines,” he said.

Tensions with allies ahead of the Alaska summit

Trump, increasingly impatient with how things have played out in the truce talks, has long said he does not see a ceasefire occurring until he meets Putin in person.

Related News

6,000 tons of Venezuelan aid arrives in Cuba amid US embargo

US revives Gaza ethnic cleansing plans for 'gleaming tourism resorts'

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz invited Trump on Monday to join emergency virtual talks with EU leaders and Zelensky on Wednesday, as European demands grow that the US president agree to red lines before Friday’s summit with Putin.

Trump said on Monday that he would also seek to arrange direct talks between Putin and Zelensky, while Merz’s office said in a statement that the virtual talks would focus on further pressuring Russia and preparations for possible peace negotiations and related issues of territorial claims. 

Ahead of the upcoming EU meeting, Brussels’ top diplomat Kaja Kallas voiced cautious support for Trump’s position, saying, “President Trump is right to say that Russia must end its war against Ukraine. The United States has the power to force Russia to negotiate seriously.”

However, Kallas emphasized that any agreement struck between Washington and Moscow must also involve Ukraine and the European Union, warning that the issue directly impacts European security and calling it "a security issue for Ukraine and for the whole of Europe."

Polish Foreign Minister RadosÅ‚aw Sikorski echoed that stance, underlining Europe’s central role in the conflict as "paying for Ukraine to defend itself."

Pressure builds for broader sanctions

Merz spoke directly with President Trump on Sunday night, urging the US to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia ahead of Friday’s summit with Vladimir Putin. Merz also emphasized that any peace talks must include Zelensky, a stance complicated by Moscow’s refusal to recognize Zelensky’s government as legitimate, as his term as president has expired, and Zelensky has refused to hold elections since imposing martial law.

A joint statement issued Saturday by the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, the UK, Finland, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen backed Merz's view, stressing, “The path in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine.” They also called on Trump to intensify pressure on Moscow.

Putin is expected to approach the Alaska summit confident in recent battlefield gains, aware of both Trump’s desire for a settlement and growing public fatigue in Ukraine. However, he also knows that failing to make a substantive offer could trigger harsher U.S. sanctions, long promised by Trump.

While Ukraine has accepted that it may not regain all territory lost in previous invasions, it remains strongly opposed to ceding more land without security guarantees or reciprocal concessions from Russia. European leaders insist that Ukraine must retain the freedom to build up its military and receive defense support from third countries, including NATO members.

  • United States
  • Russia
  • Volodymyr Zelenskiy
  • war in Ukraine
  • Ukraine
  • Ukraine war
  • Donald Trump
  • Vladimir Putin
Russia & NATO

Russia & NATO

As the Draconian Western-led sanctions on Russia exacerbate the economic crisis worldwide, and as Russian troops gain more ground despite the influx of military aid into Ukraine, exposing US direct involvement in bio-labs spread across Eastern Europe and the insurgence of neo-Nazi groups… How will things unfold?

Most Read

Fierce resistance ambushes target IOF in Gaza Strip

Fierce resistance ambushes target IOF in al-Zaytoun, Gaza City

  • Politics
  • 30 Aug 2025
Tom Barrack's imperial tantrum in Beirut: When entitlement speaks (Photo by Mahdi Rtail)

Tom Barrack's imperial tantrum in Beirut: When entitlement speaks

  • Politics
  • 26 Aug 2025
Although it does seem likely they will launch some kind of operation in northern Gaza, one which will accelerate its mass murder of civilians, but will fail to achieve its stated objectives. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Batoul Chamas)

Here is why the Israeli occupation of Gaza won’t work

  • Opinion
  • 26 Aug 2025
A scene showing an al-Qassam Brigades fighter during an ambush on July 7, 2025, in a video released by the al-Qassam Brigades on August 26, 2025 (al-Qassam Brigades Military Media)

Al-Qassam reveals Beit Hanoun ambush targeting Israeli forces

  • Politics
  • 26 Aug 2025

Coverage

All
The Ummah's Martyrs

Read Next

All
'Gideon’s Chariots' Op. deemed a failure by Israeli military report
Palestine

'Gideon’s Chariots' Op. deemed a failure by Israeli military report

Smokes rise to the sky following an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip as seen from southern occupied Palestine, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP)
Politics

US revives Gaza ethnic cleansing plans for 'gleaming tourism resorts'

Ansar Allah leader Sayyed Abdul Malik al-Houthi gives a speech on August 31, 2025 (Screengrab)
Politics

Israeli crimes prove brutality, Yemen undeterred: Sayyed Al-Houthi

Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces. (IRNA)
Politics

Iran's top general says air defenses must adapt to new threats

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS