A Ukrainian MP has insisted there will be " no capitulation" to Russian demands and has urged Donald Trump not to cave in to the Kremlin and potentially unleash World War 3. The US President is set to meet Vladimir Putin at a summit in Alaska on Friday, in an attempt to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine after almost three-and-a-half years of bitter fighting.

He has suggested that there could be some "land swapping", prompting fears that the American leader may agree to Putin's territorial demands and more. Vadym Halaichuk - an MP from Volodymyr Zelensky's political party - told the Express that granting territorial concessions to Putin would be akin to opening a Pandora's Box that will lead to more demands and Ukraine's eventual total subjugation to Moscow. He argued passionately that the only way to bring the war to an end was to make it clear to the Russian tyrant that he cannot win.

The MP urged Trump not to reward aggression, saying doing so would set "a very bad precedent" to autocrats all around the world and create more instability.

"Putin will stop this war when he will realise that he cannot win it," he explained. "We really hope that Trump says something which will make it clear to Putin that he cannot have it his way. He can't have Ukraine. It's not going to happen. Ukrainians have made that choice.

"Giving him the gift of Ukraine will not satisfy his appetite and will be a very bad precedent for other autocrats all around the globe that you can achieve your goals with military tools - you can be rewarded for your aggression.

"That will open up the Pandora box and would be a sure way to World War III. So what Trump should tell Putin is that he will not allow for World War III to start by awarding Russia for its aggression."

Some analysts have pointed to the postwar Finland model as a possible precedent for Ukraine to follow. Finland concluded a peace treaty with the Soviet Union after fighting two wars in the 1940s, which saw the country concede 10% of its territory.

Postwar Finland was also obliged to remain neutral and not allowed to join Nato, but retained its independence enabling it to prosper politically and economically.

Mr Halaichuk, however, said there were big differences in the situation faced by postwar Finland and Ukraine today.

"Ukraine is very different from Finland. That part of Finland that the Kremlin claimed for defending Leningrad and further north, was more of a strategic military issue for Russia. Whereas with Ukraine, Putin has made it very clear that our country doesn't exist. The people don't exist. The Ukrainians are Russians, who have been fooled into believing that they are different in some way.

"So it's not about territory. It's not about how many square kilometres Putin gets and what exact region. He wants control of Ukraine. And getting Donetsk, Luhansk, and then even Kherson and Zaporizhzhiaia isn't something that would satisfy him. We know that. This is just a part of the game, which is total and complete control over Ukraine.

"Therefore, if we do agree to those demands, that would be capitulation and more demands will follow. We're absolutely sure."

According to the political analyst Tatyana Stanovaya, the Russian President is prepared to sanction the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kharkiv or Dnipro and Sumy rgions, while Ukraine pulls its forces out of Donetsk and Luhansk.

At the same time Putin wants to establish a frozen contact line in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. But notably, she added that Putin's central objective still "lies in obtaining what he calls 'security guarantees' — in effect, the geopolitical 'neutralisation' of Ukraine."

A recent Gallup poll showed that there is now a majority of Ukrainians who support a negotiated end to the war.

In a survey conducted in July, 69% said they favour a negotiated end to the war as soon as possible, compared with 24% who support continuing to fight until victory.

This marks a near complete reversal from public opinion in 2022, when 73% supported Ukraine fighting until victory and 22% preferred Kyiv to seek a negotiated end as soon as possible.

Mr Halaichuk , however, insisted there was very little support among Ukrainians for peace at any cost.

"We know Russia is willingly and knowingly attacking civilians targets to terrorise the population and force it to put pressure on the government to accept whatever conditions are necessary. It's not working, by the way. It's working the other way around.

"I would say the number of Ukrainians who agree for Russian demands has been very low - like 10-12%. Of course, the number of those who are willing to negotiate is growing because of the terror and this very intense fighting and everybody being tired of it. But when you ask that specific question, are you willing, to surrender to Russian demands, the answer is very clear, no."