"President Donald Trump on Friday called on Kyiv and Moscow to "stop where they are" and end their brutal war following a lengthy White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump's frustration with the conflict has surfaced repeatedly in the nine months since he returned to office, but with his latest comments he edged back in the direction of pressing Ukraine to give up on retaking land it has lost to Russia."
"Later, soon after arriving in Florida, where he's spending the weekend, Trump urged both sides to "stop the war immediately" and implied that Moscow keep territory it's taken from Kyiv. "You go by the battle line wherever it is otherwise it's too complicated," Trump told reporters. "You stop at the battle line and both sides should go home, go to their families, stop the killing, and that should be it.""
"In recent weeks, he had shown growing impatience with Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed greater openness to helping Ukraine win the war. After meeting with Zelenskyy in New York on the sidelines of the annual U.N. General Assembly last month, Trump even said he believed the Ukrainians could win back all the the territory they had lost to Russia since Putin launched the February 2022 invasion."
President Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for more than two hours of talks and urged Kyiv and Moscow to stop fighting at current battle lines. Trump posted on Truth Social that "enough blood has been shed" and said both sides should "stop where they are" and let history decide. He later told reporters that both sides should go home and stop the killing, implying Moscow could retain territory it seized. Trump has shown shifting positions, recently signaling openness to helping Ukraine reclaim land while previously saying Kyiv might have to concede territory. Zelenskyy called for a ceasefire and negotiations.
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