U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., U.S., October 17, 2025.
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U.S. President Donald Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to judge Russia's presumption for ending the warfare betwixt Russia and Ukraine successful a White House gathering connected Friday, informing that President Vladimir Putin threatened to "destroy" Ukraine if it didn't comply, the Financial Times reported connected Sunday.
During the meeting, Trump insisted Zelenskyy surrender the full eastbound Donbas portion to Russia, repeatedly echoing talking points the Russian president had made successful their telephone a time earlier, the paper said, citing radical acquainted with the matter.
Ukraine yet managed to plaything Trump backmost to endorsing a frost of the existent beforehand lines, the FT said. Trump said aft the gathering that the 2 sides should halt the warfare astatine the conflict line; Zelenskyy said that was an important point.
The White House did not instantly respond to a Reuters petition for remark connected the FT report.
Zelenskyy arrived astatine the White House connected Friday looking for weapons to support warring his country's war, but met an American president who appeared much intent connected brokering a bid deal.
In Thursday's telephone with Trump, Putin had offered immoderate tiny areas of the 2 confederate frontline regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia successful speech for the overmuch larger parts of the Donbas present nether Ukrainian control, the FT study added.
That is little than his archetypal 2024 request for Kyiv to cede the entirety of Donbas positive Kherson and Zaporizhzhia successful the south, an country of astir 20,000 quadrate km.
Zelenskyy's spokesperson did not instantly respond to a petition for remark sent extracurricular concern hours connected whether Trump had pressured Zelenskyy to judge bid connected Russia's terms.
Trump and Putin agreed connected Thursday to clasp a 2nd acme connected the warfare successful Ukraine wrong the adjacent 2 weeks, provisionally successful Budapest, pursuing an Aug. 15 gathering successful Alaska that failed to nutrient a breakthrough.
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