Most Americans are opposed to Russia receiving Ukrainian territory at the end of the war, according to a\u00a0new poll\u00a0that comes as President Trump has suggested \u201cland swaps\u201d could be part of a peace deal.<\/p>\n
When asked in The Economist\/YouGov poll about \u201chow much of Ukraine\u2019s territory\u201d they want Russia to have at the end of the war, 68 percent of respondents said \u201cnone of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Twenty-one percent of survey participants said they were \u201cnot sure\u201d how much territory Russia should get, 5 percent said they wanted Russia to have \u201csome of\u201d Ukraine\u2019s territory, 2 percent said they wanted Russia to get \u201chalf of\u201d Ukrainian territory and 1 percent said they wanted Russia to have \u201cmost of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
President Trump separately met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin on U.S. soil within the past week. Putin reportedly wants most of the eastern Donbas region as part of a deal, while Ukraine has rejected ceding territory.<\/p>\n
Trump is now pushing for Zelensky and Putin to meet face-to-face, as they remain far apart on the terms for peace. Ukraine has demanded a ceasefire before any formal negotiations, a request that Trump previously backed but dropped after meeting Putin in Alaska last week.<\/p>\n
Russia has sent signals this week that it\u2019s in no hurry to have Putin meet with Zelensky.<\/p>\n
Moscow also\u00a0said Wednesday that\u00a0talks between NATO allies and Ukraine about postwar security guarantees were a \u201croad to nowhere\u201d unless Moscow takes part in the discussions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot agree with the fact that it is now proposed to resolve collective security issues without the Russian Federation. This will not work,\u201d Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference.<\/p>\n
The Economist\/YouGov poll took place from Aug. 15 to 18, with 1,568 respondents and and a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.<\/p>\n
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