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(NewsNation) — As a gathering betwixt Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin draws near, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of "dragging retired the war."
"Russia refuses to halt the killings, and truthful indispensable not person immoderate rewards oregon benefits. And this is not conscionable a motivation presumption – it is simply a rational one," Zelenskyy wrote on societal media.
Trump and Putin volition conscionable Friday successful Alaska, wherever the brace are slated to sermon ending Russia's yearslong war successful Ukraine. Zelenskyy could besides articulation successful the bid talks, a White House official told NewsNation.
Though the authoritative said Trump "remains unfastened to a trilateral acme with some leaders," arsenic of Monday, Ukraine was inactive connected the extracurricular looking in.
In a Sunday address, Zelenskyy vowed his state won't fto Russia "deceive" the United States, according to a translation released by his office.
“Of course, our squad is moving with the United States — not a azygous time goes by without connection connected however to guarantee existent peace," Zelenskyy said. "We recognize Russia’s volition to effort to deceive America — we volition not let this. I greatly worth the determination with which President Trump is committed to bringing an extremity to the killings successful this war."
Leaders successful Kyiv judge they should person a relation successful negotiations to find the aboriginal of their state — particularly if the speech is moving toward "territorial swaps," arsenic Trump has said.
Moscow's demands for ending the warfare see cementing Russia's territorial gains and preventing Ukraine from joining NATO oregon hosting troops from the West.
Ukraine has raised concerns that Russia volition usage Alaska to amusement look for negotiations but proceed the warfare connected the crushed successful an effort to propulsion deeper into Ukrainian territory and instrumentality much land.
Ahead of the meeting, attacks betwixt Russia and Ukraine person not eased. The latest strikes deed Zaporizhzhia, 1 of the cities Russia has sought to control, with astatine slightest 7 killed crossed Ukraine successful the past day, local media reported.
A Ukrainian drone onslaught killed 1 person and wounded 2 others successful Russia's Nizhny Novgorod, the region’s politician said Monday.
NewsNation's Anna Kutz and Libbey Dean contributed to this report.
