India, Aug. 13 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country won't cede the eastern region of Donbas to Russia amid talks of a "land swap", as US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday in a bid to end the war.

Zelensky pushed for Ukraine to be included in the talks, to which he ahs not been invited.

"For Russians, Donbas is a bridgehead for a future new offensive. Any territorial issues cannot be separated from security guarantees," Zelensky told reporters on Tuesday in Kyiv.

"I don't know what will be discussed without us, they probably have a bilateral track. The Ukrainian issue must be discussed by three sides at least," Zelenskiy said on the Alaska Summit.

The Ukrainian leader'...