Kiev is likely to lose some \u201cproperty\u201d to Russia, the US president has said<\/p>\n
Ukraine is bound to lose some of its \u201cproperty\u201d to Russia in the aftermath of the enduring conflict, US President Donald Trump has claimed.
\nTrump made the remarks on Sunday when speaking to Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo. Asked whether it was possible to end the hostilities between Moscow and Kiev \u201cwithout taking significant property from Ukraine,\u201d Trump suggested that Kiev was bound to make some concessions.\u00a0
\n\u201cWell, [Russian President Vladimir Putin] is going to take something. I mean, they fought, and he has a lot of property. I mean, he has won certain property,\u201d Trump stated.\u00a0\u00a0
\nWhile Kiev has repeatedly ruled out making any territorial concessions, Moscow has outlined the withdrawal of the Ukrainian troops from the new Russian regions among the key issues to be resolved in order to establish a lasting peace.
\nTrump has also signaled he was still considering supplying US-made long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. The potential delivery of the missiles was among the key topics of the meeting between Trump and Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky this week. However, the US president abstained from pledging any weaponry, stating it would not be \u201ceasy\u201d to give such munitions to Kiev.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Trump putting more pressure on Ukraine than Russia \u2013 WSJ<\/p>\n
Trump reiterated his position that Washington has already supplied Kiev with a lot of weaponry during the conflict and cannot hand over its entire arsenal to prop up the Ukrainian military.\u00a0
\n\u201cYou know, we can\u2019t give all of our weapons to Ukraine. We just can\u2019t do that. And I\u2019ve been very good to President Zelensky and to Ukraine, but we can\u2019t give, you know, if we\u2019re going to be short, I don\u2019t want to do that. I can\u2019t jeopardize the United States,\u201d he stressed.
\nAhead of meeting Zelensky on Friday, Trump spoke with Putin on the phone. According to Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov, the Russian leader told Trump that supplying Ukraine with the long-range missiles would not change the course of the conflict but would derail relations between Moscow and Washington.\u00a0
\nSuch a move would also \u201cseverely undermine the prospects of a peaceful settlement,\u201d Putin stated, according to Ushakov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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