This Is the ‘Land Swap’ Putin Wants. Ukraine Is Calling It a ‘Land Grab’

Putin’s “land swap” is really a grab for Ukraine’s fortress belt

He wants Trump to secure for him what Russia’s army cannot

This Is the ‘Land Swap’ Putin Wants. Ukraine is Calling it a ‘Land Grab’

PUBLISHED on August 18, 2025, 11:51 AM EDT – Key Points and Summary: Following the Alaska summit, Vladimir Putin’s proposed “peace deal” has been slammed by Ukraine as a maximalist land grab. The Russian plan reportedly demands Ukraine’s full withdrawal from the Donbas and other occupied territories, recognition of the 2014 Crimea annexation, and the scrapping of its NATO ambitions. In return, Russia would only cede minor tracts of land. Preside…

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Trump-Putin Summit Raises Fears Over Ukraine Land Swap Proposal

A major controversy has erupted ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, after Trump suggested that a “swapping of territories” between Russia and Ukraine could bring about peace. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has firmly rejected the idea, stressing that Kyiv “will not give land to the occupier” and citing Ukraine’s constitution, which prohibits altering national borders wi…

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