Trump 'thinks' Ukraine is ready to 'give up' Crimea

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49% : Trump indicated that he would give the process 'two weeks.' U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier on Sunday stressed the importance of the week ahead.
44% : Ukrainian soldiers practice trench assaulting during a military training with French servicemen, in a military training compound at an undisclosed location in Poland, on April 25, 2025 Firefighters work to extinguish a fire following an attack in Mykolaiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on April 17, 2025 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy talk on the day of a bilateral meeting at The Villa Wolkonsky on April 26, 2025 in Rome, Italy Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Donald Trump, and Volodymyr Zelensky speaking in Saint Peter's Cathedral prior to the funeral Mass of Pope Francis Trump has, in recent months, taken a slightly harder line on Russia, after Vladimir Putin was accused of breaching agreed ceasefires and attacking civilian targets.
42% : Donald Trump said he believes that Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to give up Crimea in order to secure peace terms with Russia.
31% : Ahead of his February meeting with Trump at the White House, Zelensky said he had shared a list of 25 times Russia had violated ceasefires since the annexation of Crimea.
27% : Trump said that during their talks at St. Peter's Basilica they had 'briefly' discussed the fate of the Black Sea peninsula.
27% : Trump was incensed by Russian attacks on Kyiv that killed at least 12 people last week - the deadliest such attack since last July.
4% : Read More Lip reader reveals what Zelensky said to Donald Trump at Pope's funeral 'I want him to stop shooting, sit down, and sign a deal,' Trump said Sunday when asked what he wanted from Putin.

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