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Trump says Russia and Ukraine should end war "where they are"

18 October 2025 00:57 (UTC +04:00)

US President Donald Trump said Friday that the war in Ukraine should end now, along its current lines, with both sides being allowed to claim victory, APA reports citing CNN.

“Enough blood has been shed, with property lines being defined by War and Guts. They should stop where they are,” Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after concluding a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Let both claim Victory, let History decide! No more shooting, no more Death, no more vast and unsustainable sums of money spent.”

Describing his meeting Friday with Ukraine’s president as “very interesting” and “cordial,” Trump said he conveyed a similar message to Zelensky as he told Russian President Vladimir Putin a day earlier.

“I told him, as I likewise strongly suggested to President Putin, that it is time to stop the killing, and make a DEAL!” he wrote.

Trump decried the “thousands of people being slaughtered each and every week” and concluded: “NO MORE, GO HOME TO YOUR FAMILIES IN PEACE!”