The United States has not invited Volodymyr Zelensky to participate in the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump in Alaska, the newspaper „The Washington Post“ reported, citing its sources.
According to their information, Zelensky has not yet been invited.
The American president earlier said that he expected to meet with his Russian counterpart in Alaska on August 15. Then the plans for negotiations were confirmed by the Russian leader's aide Yuri Ushakov. According to him, Putin and Trump “will undoubtedly focus on discussing options for achieving a long-term peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis“. The Kremlin expects the next meeting of the two presidents to be held on Russian territory, he stressed Ushakov.
Earlier, Western media reported that the United States is demanding territorial concessions from Ukraine to resolve the conflict with Russia. The “Wall Street Journal“, citing its sources, reported that the US proposal envisages the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the part of the DPR controlled by the Ukrainian armed forces as the first stage of achieving peace.
On August 9, Zelensky stressed in an address that the answer to territorial issues is already in the Constitution of Ukraine and “no one will give up on this“. On August 8, Trump said that the US is studying the issue of the territories “for which fighting has been going on for three and a half years“ and expects “some exchange“.