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Trump Says Ukraine's Donbas Region Will Have to Be 'Cut up' to End the Russian Invasion

  • On Oct. 17, 2025, US President Donald Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to cede territory to Russia and freeze battle lines, leaving much of eastern Donbas occupied.
  • After a Thursday phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump pivoted from his earlier willingness to provide long-range missiles to Kyiv before meeting Zelenskyy on Friday.
  • Ukrainian officials had wanted Tomahawks, but no deal emerged at Friday's meeting as Trump said, `One thing I have to say, we want Tomahawks, also. We don't want to be giving away things that we need to protect our country.`
  • The White House announced a planned Budapest summit, but that push produced limited results as Moscow pressed its military campaign and Putin declined Trump’s urging for a three-way meeting with Zelenskyy.
  • Ukrainian leaders have repeatedly rejected forfeiting the Donbas region since Feb. 24, 2022, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned Ukraine should face no pressure to concede territory.
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After a long appeal with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump reportedly demanded major territorial concessions from Volodymyr Zelensky to put an end to the war. ...

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How Trump-Zelensky meeting turned acrimonious over demands for territorial concessions

President Donald Trump’s working lunch with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday turned acrimonious when the US leader insisted Ukraine make territorial concessions to Russia to end the war, according to European officials briefed on the meeting.

·Atlanta, United States
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