Overview

• Trump has suggested swapping Ukrainian territory for Russia in a peace deal, framing it as mutually beneficial without Kyiv’s consent
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected any land concessions, insisting Russia must not be rewarded for its aggression
• Legal analysts and fact-checkers note that a U.S. president lacks authority to cede or sell Alaska without constitutional and congressional approval
• Trump’s repeated slip referring to the summit location as “Russia” instead of Alaska has drawn mockery and fueled international scrutiny
• Russian state media figures and officials, including Olga Skabeyeva and Dmitry Medvedev, are amplifying century-old claims that Alaska rightfully belongs to Moscow