Marco Rubio clarifies that Ukrainian President Zelenskyy will decide on territorial issues in peace talks, not Trump, following reports concerning Donbas control.

The future of Ukraine’s industrial heartland in the east of the country is uncertain, after Vladimir Putin reportedly demanded it be handed to Russia during his meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday.

Half a world away, people who had recently fled the fighting for a shelter near the city of Pavlohrad said the whole summit felt like an insult.

The president of Ukraine and his European allies are to visit the White House on Monday, after President Trump backed Russia’s plan to end the war.

In a move that could reshape the course of the war in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump has backed a proposal for Kyiv to give up the Donbas region t.

Russia unveils proposal to end Ukraine war, demanding control of Donbas and recognition of Crimea, while Kyiv rejects territorial concessions.

The Donbas, comprising Luhansk and Donetsk with a pre-war population of 6.5 million, has been at the centre of fighting since Russia’s 2014 annexation attempts. Moscow currently controls nearly all of Luhansk and around 70% of Donetsk.

President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday to discuss what he would require in a peace deal with Russia.

As President Trump talks of land swaps, Ukrainians find it difficult to imagine giving up the Donbas, for military, humanitarian and political reasons.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Tuesday not to give eastern Ukrainian land to Russia, saying that abandoning the Donbas region would open the door for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “start a third war” in Ukraine.