Aug 13, 02:30 PM

Zelensky Calls Putin ‘Bluffing’ Ahead of Alaska Trump-Putin Cease-Fire Talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said President Vladimir Putin is “bluffing” and has no intention of ending the war, warning that Moscow is trying to seize momentum across the front before the U.S.–Russia summit in Alaska on Friday. Speaking after a series of videoconferences with European leaders and U.S. President Donald Trump, Zelensky insisted that Ukraine would not accept any peace deal dictated by the Kremlin and that territorial questions can be addressed only by Kyiv. French President Emmanuel Macron, who hosted the calls, told reporters that Washington’s primary objective at the Alaska meeting is to secure a cease-fire, adding that Europe and Ukraine are working to “apply pressure” on Moscow if it resists. The summit will be the first face-to-face encounter between Trump and Putin since 2019 and will take place on 15 August at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base. The diplomatic push comes amid intensified fighting. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its troops captured the villages of Nykanorivka and Suvorove in the Donetsk region, advances that analysts at the Institute for the Study of War described as the largest single-day territorial gain in more than a year. Kyiv ordered the mandatory evacuation of families with children from nearby communities as the front line shifted. Russia’s foreign ministry dismissed the European consultations as “insignificant,” while Zelensky urged allies to maintain unity and warned that Moscow still seeks to occupy the whole of Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader said he expects firm security guarantees to accompany any cease-fire proposal emerging from the Alaska talks.

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