Ukrainian mood hardens as MPs insist country should not be forced to surrender
by Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv and Artem Mazhulin from World news | The Guardian on (#6ZCDE)
Ridicule of Trump-Putin summit turns to frustration at suggestion Ukraine could give up unoccupied land for peace
A string of Ukrainian politicians and public figures have condemned the idea of handing over unoccupied land to Russia for peace on Sunday, arguing that their country had not been defeated and should not be forced into a surrender.
The hardening of the mood came at the end of a weekend where there was first ridicule and disgust in Ukraine at the red-carpet treatment of Vladimir Putin by Donald Trump at their summit in Alaska, followed by frustration as it appeared that Trump was siding with the Russian leader.
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