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“Russia Wants All of Ukraine,” Not Just Occupied Territories, Trump Says
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Russia is not satisfied with the Ukrainian territories it has already seized during the war and seeks to take over the entire country, US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Meet the Press on NBC News.
When host Kristen Welker asked what Russia would have to give up as part of a peace agreement with Ukraine, Trump responded: “All of Ukraine.”
Welker pressed Trump for clarification, asking if he meant that Russia would not retain a single piece of Ukrainian territory it has seized.
“No, no. Russia would have to give up all of Ukraine. Because what Russia wants is all of Ukraine. And if I didn’t get involved, they would be fighting right now for all of Ukraine. Russia doesn’t want the strip that they have now; Russia wants all of Ukraine,” Trump said.
“And if it weren’t me, they would keep going. Do you know that the European Union leaders have asked me to call Putin so many times? Because he doesn’t return their phone call.”
On May 3, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s proposed three-day truce from May 7 to 9, calling it symbolic and ineffective. Instead, Zelenskyy offered a counterproposal: a 30-day ceasefire starting May 7, in line with a plan put forward by the United States.
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