POLL: Should Ukraine give up land to Russia to secure peace deal?

A ceasefire between and is “much closer”, raising hopes there could be a temporary halt to the bloody fighting. The says differences have “narrowed” as the looks to bring the war to a quick end.

amid advances by ’s forces in ’s Kursk region where seized land to use as a bargaining chip in peace talks. The US has said Kyiv will have to give up some of its land to in order to reach a peace deal – something has said it will not do. So what do you think? Vote in our poll and join the debate in the comments section. Can’t see the poll below? .

says it wants guarantees that will not grant membership in any peace deal.

Deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko told Russian media outlet Izvestia: “We will demand that ironclad security guarantees become part of this agreement.

“Part of these guarantees should be the neutral status of , the refusal of Nato countries to accept it into the alliance.”

US President is expected to speak to on Tuesday as talks continue to bring an end to the fighting.

said on Sunday evening: “A lot of work’s been done over the weekend. We want to see if we can bring that war to an end.”

“We will be talking about land. We will be talking about power plants.”

He added there were discussions over “dividing up certain assets” between and .

agreed to a US-proposed 30-day ceasefire last week.

The Russian president said he s.

on Saturday said a group of nations – known as the “coalition of the willing” – to support is moving into an “operational phase”.

Military chiefs from the countries will meet in London this week to discuss peacekeeping plans in .

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council of , hit out at the plans which are being spearheaded by the and .

He wrote on X: “Macron and Starmer are playing dumb. Time and again they are told that peacekeepers must be from non-NATO states.”