Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to hold a meeting in Budapest, Hungary.
President Donald Trump welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House, on Oct. 17, 2025. Tom Brenner/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump said on Oct. 19 that Ukraine should give up territory in the Donbas region already under Russian control in order to end the war.
“We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are, the battle lines,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
Victoria Friedman is a UK-based reporter covering a wide range of national stories.
