U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Truth Social that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds the responsibility for concluding the conflict with Russia. He suggested Zelenskyy could resolve the war swiftly by accepting certain conditions, including relinquishing claims to Crimea and forgoing NATO membership. Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in 2014 during the Obama administration without military resistance from Kyiv. This action received widespread international criticism and preceded Moscow’s support for separatists in eastern Ukraine. The full-scale invasion began in February 2022, escalating the ongoing tensions. Trump’s remarks preceded a scheduled meeting on August 18, 2025, in Washington with Zelenskyy and European leaders. The session followed Trump’s three-hour discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15, 2025, which produced no ceasefire but was…
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