One person stands at the base of a badly damaged building, in front of which is a burned out tractor and large piles of debris — EPA WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (AFP/BBC): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to swap land in negotiations with Russia, which freed at least one American prisoner in what US President Donald Trump described
Tuesday as a goodwill gesture on ending the war.
Zelensky has in the past has refused to cede any territory after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
But in an interview with The Guardian published Tuesday, he said Kyiv was ready for serious talks ahead of a Friday meeting at the Munich Security Conference with US Vice President JD Vance-a vocal critic of US military support to Ukraine.
"We will swap one territory for another," Zelensky said, adding that he was ready to trade land in Russia's Kursk region-which Ukraine seized in a surprise offensive last year.
He acknowledged that Ukraine would not be able to enjoy security guarantees just with European partners. "Security guarantees without America are not real security guarantees," he said.
One killed in ballistic
missile attack on Kyiv
One person has been killed and four injured in a Russian missile attack on Ukraine's capital overnight. Kyiv's mayor said a nine-year-old girl was among the injured in the strikes which took place early on Wednesday.
The Ukrainian military said it had shot down six of seven ballistic missiles and 71 drones launched by Russia, which sparked several fires throughout the city. It comes after President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested Ukraine would be prepared to swap land with Russia in potential peace negotiations.
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