The threats, pressure and ultimatums have come and gone, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained Moscow's uncompromising demands in the war in Ukraine, raising fears he could use a planned summit with U.

President Donald Trump, who is due to meet President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, suggested Ukraine and Russia could swap some territory to achieve peace.

Location matters, former real estate mogul US President Donald Trump said. Moments later he announced Alaska, a place sold by Russia to the United States 158 years ago for $7.2 million, would be where Russian President Vladimir Putin tries to sell his land deal of the century,

Zelensky said in his address early Saturday morning that Kyiv would work with Trump and other allies for a peace deal as he referred to the meeting in Alaska scheduled for August 15. But the Ukrainian president rejected the prospect of any land swap and said that Kyiv would not "reward Russia" for its aggression.