US President Donald Trump, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and President Vladimir Putin, right.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Alaska on Friday to discuss ending the Ukraine war by changing its borders.

This absurd situation has understandably sparked fury in Ukraine.

Putin has seized four Ukrainian regions since his February 2022 invasion, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, although he does not have full control over them.

Russia has also been holding onto the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea since Putin annexed it in 2014.

How did we even get to this point? Here’s what you need to know – and what could happen next.

What’s just happened with Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy?

What did Trump say?

The US president has been trying to orchestrate the end of the Ukraine war ever since he returned to office this year.

He promised he could end the war within his first 24 hours back in the Oval office – that was seven months ago and the three-year war is still raging.

Trump posted on social media on Friday that the parties, including Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, were close to a ceasefire deal.

However, he warned that it could demand Ukraine to give a significant portion of territory.

He then told reporters at the White House that there would be an exchange of land, saying: “There’ll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both.”

What did Zelenskyy say?

Zelenskyy, who has been trying to stay on Trump’s good side in recent months, immediately rejected the idea.

He said: “Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupiers.”

In a video posted on social media, he said the country will not violate its constitution on its territory.

Speaking bluntly, he said: “They will not achieve anything. These are stillborn decisions. They are unworkable decisions. And we need real and genuine peace.”

What did Putin say?

Putin has not spoken himself about the arrangement, but it’s likely the........

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