&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "Trump says he and Putin 'largely' agreed on Ukraine land swaps, claims war 'pretty close to the end' but Ukraine needs to 'make a deal'")
US President Donald Trump on Friday (Aug 15) said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have "largely" agreed on land swaps and some type of security guarantee from the US as part of a ceasefire deal in Ukraine. Speaking to Fox News, the US president, referring to his meeting with Putin as “warm,” said that they have agreed that the Ukraine war will end with territorial concessions.
Land swap
Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that territorial concessions would give Russia land it did not have previously and also spoke about potential US security assurances for Ukraine. He confirmed that land swaps were part of the point of agreement. "Well, I think those are points that we negotiated, and those are points that we largely have agreed on," he said, adding, "Actually, I think we agree on a lot. I can tell you, the meeting was a warm meeting."
Calling Putin a “strong guy” and “tough as hell,” Trump called the meeting was positive and said, “I think we’re pretty close to the end.”
The US president, however, insisted that Ukraine has to agree to any deal. "Maybe they'll say no," he said, urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to “Make a deal”.
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Previously, on Friday (Aug 8), Trump, during a peace summit for Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House, had told reporters that the land in question had "been fought over for three and a half years" and that any swap would be "to the betterment of both." Zelensky, meanwhile, has ruled out ceding territory seized by force. Trump, who during the February meeting with Zelensky at the White House had publicly scolded the Ukrainian leader, declared he was "a little bothered" by Zelensky's position and demanded land swaps. "There'll be some swapping, there'll be some changes in land," he said.
