Trump has touted Friday's summit in Alaska as a chance to get a breakthrough but Zelensky's likely absence from the talks and repeated rejection there can be any land swaps have added to doubts that any genuine diplomatic progress can be made.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for "new offensive operations."

Many Ukrainians fear little good will come of Donald Trump's upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. While the country is weary from three and a half years of continuous war and suffering losses on the battlefield,