Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump participate in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 18, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump wrote on Aug. 21 on Truth Social that Ukraine cannot win its war without launching attacks on Russia, criticizing prior U.S. policy that only allowed Kyiv to defend itself, not attack.
“It is very hard, if not impossible, to win a war without attacking an invader’s country,” Trump wrote on Aug 21.
