Donald Trump tells Ukraine president to give up territory

While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was preparing to meet US President Donald Trump at the Oval Office on Monday with a phalanx of European leaders, the American President turned pressure on his counterpart, suggesting he should give up claim to some territories occupied by Russia.

It was accompanied by a stern admonishment, “President Zelensky of Ukraine can end the war



with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight.”

But there was no matching ultimatum to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, with whom Trump held a summit on Friday. In his Truth Social post on Sunday, setting pre-conditions, Trump said, “No getting back Obama given Crimea (12 years ago, without a shot being fired!), and no going into NATO by Ukraine.”