Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a conversation with US President Donald Trump and European leaders, rejected a "proposal" to cede the entire Donetsk region in order to freeze most of the front lines, APA reports citing Reuters.
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because "Russia is a very big country, and they are not," after holding a summit where Vladimir Putin reportedly demanded more Ukrainian lands.
During a subsequent briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a source familiar with the discussion cited Trump as suggesting to freeze most of the front lines if Kyiv's forces ceded the entire Donetsk region, an industrial area that is one of Moscow's main targets.
According to the source, Zelenskyy rejected this demand.