In this handout photograph taken on 17 October, 2025 and released on 18 October, 2025 by the Ukrainian presidential Press Service, US President Donald Trump (L) speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) at the White House in Washington, DC.
In this handout photograph taken on 17 October, 2025 and released on 18 October, 2025 by the Ukrainian presidential Press Service, US President Donald Trump (L) speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) at the White House in Washington, DC.
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Trump pressured Ukraine to give up Donbas region: Kyiv official

AFPKyiv, Ukraine

US President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to cede the eastern Donbas region during talks last week in Washington over how to end Russia's invasion, a senior Ukrainian official told AFP on Tuesday.

"Yes, that's true," the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP when asked if Trump urged Zelensky to pull troops out of land they still control.

The source added that talks with Trump were "tense and not easy", and that diplomatic efforts to end the war felt like they were being "dragged out" and "going in circles".

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