Russian President Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin’s army has been taking large areas of Ukrainian land over the last two months, UK intelligence has revealed.

US president Donald Trump has announced that he intends to hold face-to-face peace talks with his Russian counterpart in Alaska next Friday, and has warned that any deal to end the Ukraine war may involve a land swap.

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected that idea outright.

Meanwhile, Russian forces are still gaining more territory in eastern Ukraine, according to the latest update from the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD).

“Russian Ground Forces (RGF) highly likely seized approximately 500-550 sq km of Ukrainian territory in July 2025,” the........

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