As Russia‑Ukraine peace talks grind on in Geneva with little political progress, Volodymyr Zelensky is gambling on one last card: a face‑to‑face meeting with Vladimir Putin. In an interview, Zelensky claimed only a leader‑level summit can unlock territorial compromises, he vowed that Ukrainians will never accept a deal handing all of Donbas to Russia and blasted it as “not fair” that Trump publicly pressures Kyiv, not Moscow, for concessions.