Скачать или смотреть Inside Ukrainian front-line city as Trump, Putin talk land swaps

Tensions are running high as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska. Among the issues reportedly on the table is a potential land swap between Ukraine and Russia, which could see Ukrainian forces withdraw from the Ukrainian-controlled parts of the partially occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, handing them over to Russian occupation. In exchange, Russia would reportedly pull its forces back from the occupied parts of Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts.

The Kyiv Independent visited the front-line city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast to hear from its residents what they think about these prospects — and about the fact that Ukraine itself won’t have a seat at the Alaska talks.

Editor's note: The correct spelling of the person's name at 1:25 is Iryna Morozenko.

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