Trump Expresses Confidence in Ukraine's Ability to Reclaim All Territory

"...a dramatic shift from the U.S. leader’s repeated calls for Kyiv to make concessions to end the war..."

"...a huge win for Zelenskyy..."

"...disheartened Zelenskyy, Europeans and Ukrainians..."

"...called into question the U.S. commitment to U.N. principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity..."

"...Trump needles Russia about war in Ukraine..."

"...Trump, going back to his 2024 campaign, insisted he would quickly end the war..."

"...his peace efforts appear to have stalled..."

"...Trump has acknowledged, including in his U.N. speech to world leaders, that he thought a resolution to this conflict would be 'the easiest' because he has had a good relationship with Putin..."

"...Trump said he is open to imposing more sanctions on Russia and urged Europe to join in..."

"...Trump wrote on social media. 'This is not distinguishing Russia. In fact, it is very much making them look like 'a paper tiger.''..."

"...Trump said the war in Ukraine was making Russia 'look bad' because it was 'supposed to be a quick little skirmish.'..."

"...It shows you what leadership is, what bad leadership can do to a country..."

"...Before meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump said the 'biggest progress' toward ending the conflict 'is that the Russian economy is terrible right now.'..."

"...Zelenskyy said he agreed with Trump’s call for European nations to further halt imports of Russian oil and natural gas..."

"...We have great respect for the fight that Ukraine is putting up..."

"...Zelenskyy, who replied that he had 'good news' from the battlefield..."

"...Trump’s stance has shifted on Ukraine..."

"...Before his Alaska summit with Putin last month, Trump repeated that any resolution to the war would require 'some land swapping.'..."

"...Trump said Putin reiterated that he wants the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that make up the Donbas..."

"...Trump announced he was arranging for direct talks between Putin and Zelenskyy..."

"...Putin hasn’t shown any interest in meeting with Zelenskyy and Moscow has only intensified its bombardment of Ukraine..."

"...European leaders as well as American lawmakers, including some Republican allies of Trump, have urged the president to dial up stronger sanctions on Russia..."

"...Trump told the General Assembly..."

"...However, he repeated his calls for Europe to 'step it up' and stop buying Russian oil, the engine feeding Putin’s war machine..."

"...European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said before meeting with Trump that Europe would be imposing more sanctions and tariffs on Russia and that the bloc would be further reducing its imports of Russian energy..."

"...Zelenskyy, speaking at a special U.N. Security Council session on Ukraine, also appealed for stronger U.S. pressure on Russia..."

"...Moscow fears America and always pays attention to it..."

"...Zelenskyy, who has had strained ties with Trump in previous sitdowns and has previously faced White House accusations that he was partly to blame for Russia’s invasion in 2022..."

"...Russia denigrated the Security Council meeting as just the New York stop in the world tour of a 'former actor,' a reference to Zelenskyy..."

"...There is no added value for the establishment of peace in Ukraine generated from today’s meeting..."

"...This will merely become yet another shameful episode in the market of hypocrisy..."

"...European leaders have supported Zelenskyy’s diplomatic efforts, with some alarmed by the possibility that the war could spread beyond Ukraine as they are facing what they have called Russian provocations..."

"...I welcome the fact that the president of the United States believes in Ukraine’s ability not only to hold the course but to prevail..."

"...NATO allies will hold formal consultations at Estonia’s request on Tuesday, after the Baltic country said three Russian fighter jets entered its airspace last week without authorization..."

"...Trump said he would back NATO countries that choose to shoot down intruding Russian planes, but said direct U.S. involvement would depend on the circumstances..."

"...New strikes in Ukraine as toll of war grows..."

"...The full-scale war, which began on Feb. 24, 2022, is taking a heavy toll on Ukrainian civilians..."

"...Russia said it shot down three dozen Ukrainian drones heading toward Moscow, while Ukraine said Russian missiles, drones and bombs killed at least two civilians..."

"...The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights also said this month that Ukrainian civilian casualties increased by 40% in the first eight months of this year compared with 2024, as Russia escalated its long-range missile and localized drone strikes..."

"...A U.N. Human Rights Office report released Tuesday described the dire situation of thousands of civilians detained by Russia in areas of Ukraine it has captured..."

"...Russian authorities have subjected Ukrainian civilian detainees in occupied territory to torture and ill-treatment, including sexual violence, in a widespread and systematic manner..."