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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Trump Says Ukraine Should Give Up Territory in Donbas to End War
President Donald Trump said on Oct. 19 that Ukraine should give up territory in the Donbas region already under Russian control in order to end the war. “We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are, the battle lines,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “They should stop right now at the battle lines. Go home. Stop killing people and be done.” When asked what should happen to the eastern Donbas region, Trump…
Trump Says Ukraine Should Give Up Territory in Donbas to End War - The Thinking Conservative News
President Donald Trump said on Oct. 19 that Ukraine should give up territory in the Donbas region already under Russian control in order to end the war. The post Trump Says Ukraine Should Give Up Territory in Donbas to End War appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.
Trump Calls For Immediate 'Cut And Stop' Ceasefire In Ukraine, Freezing Battle Lines
President Trump on Sunday intensified his demand for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, proposing that the battle lines be frozen where they currently stand, which would formalize Russia’s control over most of the eastern Donbas region. The remarks, made to reporters on Air Force One, come just days after the President met with Ukrainian President […] Trump Calls For Immediate ‘Cut And Stop’ Ceasefire In Ukraine, Freezing Battle Lines
After a long appeal with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump reportedly demanded major territorial concessions from Volodymyr Zelensky to put an end to the war. ...
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.
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