After the meeting between the US and Russian leaders in Alaska, Trump said he had reached an agreement with Putin on a territory exchange and that "President Zelenskyy has to agree".

The Trump–Putin summit in Alaska concluded without a ceasefire or any binding agreement to end the Ukraine war, despite high-profile gestures and symbolic pageantry.

In return, Russia is willing to give back tiny pockets of the territories it has occupied in Ukraine for Donetsk, which it has been unable to capture so far, international news agency Reuters reporte...