Maps show the Ukrainian territories claimed by Russia in the midst of conversations about the possible war on war

As President Trump tries to help negotiate the end of Russia War in Ukrainequestions have grown about what will happen with the Ukrainian territory claimed by the Kremlin and in the hands of the Russian forces.

Mr. Trump has said Any high fire agreement between Russia and Ukraine would imply “some exchange of land”, although it is not clear exactly what that means.

Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and controls or demands about 20% of the lands of Ukraine.

The following map shows those areas, highlighted in Red, based on recent two Think Tanks non -profit data, the Institute for the Study of War and the Critical Threats of the American Enterprise Institute.

Mr. Trump He met with Russian President Vladimir Putin In Alaska on Friday and With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders In the White House on Monday.

During the conversations in the Oval office on Monday, a map of Ukraine was shown that showed areas of Ukrainian territory that are currently controlled by Russia or that are disputed, with the estimated percentage of Russian control listed for each region, which is observed below.

It is believed that an area that Putin wants Ukraine to surrender as a condition for peace is the eastern region of Donbas, which has seen some of the most intense fighting of war. It is composed of two oblasts, or provinces, called Donetsk and Luhansk.

The residents of this region are largely of Russian speech and parts of the area have been Controlled by separatists backed by Russian From an insurgency supported by Russian increased in 2014.

At the beginning of the large -scale invasion of Russia of Ukraine in 2022, Putin recognized the independence of these separatist regions and was accused of using their protection as a pretext for the invasion of Russia, making a televised speech in which he claimed the self -proclaimed reproduction of the people of Donetsk and Luhansk had attracted Russia to help.

Although the Russian forces invade and support portions of eastern Ukraine, throughout the war they have not been able to capture the region completely.

Zelenskyy has rejected Reduce the Ukrainian territory to Russia, even in the Donbas region, as part of a high fire agreement.

And the leader of Ukraine technically would not be allowed to give any Ukrainian land to Russia, as part of the negotiations of Alto El Fuego or in another way, because doing so could violate the constitution of Ukraine, which specifically Describe the territories of Ukraine.

That also means that Zelenskyy cannot give in the territory of Crimea, which was invaded and annexed by Russia in 2014.

On the other hand, some analysts have suggested that, to achieve a high fire agreement, an agreement could be reached to essentially freeze the line of the front, which winds approximately 620 miles from the northeast of Ukraine to its southern coast in the Black Sea, without Ukraine officially giving the earth on the other side.

Zelenskyy too He has warned To give up any of the territory of Ukraine to Russia could benefit Russia in any future potential aggression towards Ukraine.

Putin has clearly stated that he believes that Ukraine is part of political, cultural and linguistically, and Ukraine fears a pause in the fight without solid security guarantees of the United States allies or Europe would leave the door open so that Putin reconstructs the military capacities of Russia and invades again.

“For the Russians, Donbas is a springboard for a new future offensive,” Zelenskyy told journalists before Mr. Meeting with Putin. “If we leave Donbas on our own or under pressure, we will invite a third war.”

Meanwhile, as the conversations continue, Russia has continued its strikes in Ukraine. Before Mr. Trump’s meeting with Zelenskyy on Monday, Russian attacks reached several cities, including kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa and Sumy, according to local media.

The Association press contributed to this report.

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