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Zelensky says Ukraine will ‘not give up land’ ahead of Trump-Putin summit in Alaska

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Tori B. Powell

By Tim Lister, Sophie Tanno, Caitlin Danaher and Tori B. Powell, CNN

Updated 3:41 PM EDT, Sun August 10, 2025

As US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska to discuss a potential end to the war in Ukraine, residents in Kyiv told CNN how they felt about the meeting that, so far, excludes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Ukrainians tell CNN how they feel about Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska

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What we covered here

• Trump will meet Putin: US President Donald Trump said he will sit down with Russian leader Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska.

• Zelensky defiant: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country “will not give land to the occupier” after Trump said there could be some “swapping of territories” to end the war in Ukraine.

• UK meeting: US Vice President JD Vance and the UK’s Foreign Minister David Lammy hosted a summit today in Britain with Ukrainian and European allies, which a US official said “produced significant progress.” Zelensky called the meeting “constructive,” but said that “the path to peace for Ukraine must be determined together and only together with Ukraine.”

• What’s in the plan: European leaders have been scrambling this week to gain a better read on what Putin told Trump’s foreign envoy Steve Witkoff during talks in Moscow. The way the Europeans understand it, the plan put forward by Putin would give Russia control of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.

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Ukraine talks in UK “constructive,” Zelensky says

From CNN’s Kosta Gak and Caitlin Danaher

The Chevening House where David Lammy, JD Vance, Andriy Yermak and representatives from France, Germany, Italy, Finland, and Poland met for talks today.

The Chevening House where David Lammy, JD Vance, Andriy Yermak and representatives from France, Germany, Italy, Finland, and Poland met for talks today.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said talks between Ukrainian officials, US Vice President JD Vance, and their UK and European counterparts today were “constructive.”

“We conveyed all our messages. Our arguments are being heard. The dangers are being taken into account,” Zelensky said during his nightly address to the nation.

Hosted by British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Vance at Chevening House in Kent, England, Ukraine was represented by Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s chief of staff, while security representatives from France, Germany, Italy, Finland, and Poland were also in attendance, according to the Ukrainian president.

The comments come as a US official said the meeting “produced significant progress toward President Trump’s goal of bringing an end to the war in Ukraine.”

Vance meeting with European counterparts wraps with "significant progress," according to US official

From CNN’s Betsy Klein

Vice President JD Vance (C) speaks as Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (L) and US Ambassador to the UK Warren Stephens (R) listen during a meeting at Chevening House, in Chevening, southeast England, on August 8th.

Vice President JD Vance (C) speaks as Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (L) and US Ambassador to the UK Warren Stephens (R) listen during a meeting at Chevening House, in Chevening, southeast England, on August 8th.

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A meeting with US Vice President JD Vance, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Lammy, and European and Ukrainian officials made “significant progress” ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday, a US official said.

The officials met for hours today at Chevening House in Kent, England.

The meeting, the US official said, “produced significant progress toward President Trump’s goal of bringing an end to the war in Ukraine.”

In an X post, Lammy said: “The UK’s support for Ukraine remains ironclad as we continue working towards a just and lasting peace.”

CNN has inquired for more details on the substance of that progress and how the Ukrainian officials present are feeling about the possibility of a resolution to the conflict.