Graham echoes Trump on Russia-Ukraine ‘land swaps’ that Zelensky rejected

Graham echoes Trump on Russia-Ukraine ‘land swaps’ that Zelensky rejected


Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday said “land swaps” will likely need to be negotiated in order to end the Russia-Ukraine war, a position that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky doesn’t support.

Graham echoed President Donald Trump’s recent comments about land exchanges, referring to territorial concessions that Ukraine could offer to stop Russia’s three-year war. Trump suggested on Friday that there will “be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both” warring nations.

After Zelensky rejected the prospect, Graham reiterated Trump’s point that both sides will need to make some sacrifices.

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“Ukraine is not going to evict every Russian, and Russia is not going to Kyiv, so there will be some land swaps at the end,” he told NBC News host Kristen Welker on Meet the

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