Tusk wrote on X that “no one should pressure Zelensky on territorial concessions,” adding that “we should all press Russia to stop aggression. Concessions have never been a path to a just and lasting peace.”
In a television interview aired Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump said Russia would retain “certain property” it has seized in Ukraine, while suggesting he sensed President Vladimir Putin was open to ending the war.
Asked by Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo whether Putin would be “open to ending this war without taking significant property from Ukraine,” Trump first agreed, then added: “Well, he’s gonna take something. I mean, they fought and […] he has a lot of property […] he’s won certain property,” before quipping, “We’re the only country that goes in, wins a war and then leaves.”
The Washington Post reported on Saturday that during a phone call with Trump on Thursday, Putin indicated he could give up parts of two regions previously captured in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson areas in exchange for control of the Donetsk region. The report cited officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Those demands were described as smaller than claims Putin made in August at a U.S.-Russia summit in Anchorage, Alaska, the paper said.
One source said some White House officials portrayed the shift as progress, another said Ukrainians were unlikely to see it that way.
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Source: PAP, Independent