"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.""
"The comments amounted to another shift in position on the war by Trump. 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 Zelensky 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."
Trump has repeatedly expressed frustration with the Ukraine conflict and has shifted positions on whether Ukraine should retake lost land. He posted that "enough blood has been shed" and suggested both sides stop where they are and "let History decide." He later urged both sides to "stop the war immediately" and proposed freezing the battle line so families could return. In prior weeks he showed impatience with Vladimir Putin and some openness to helping Ukraine win. After meeting Zelensky, Trump said Ukrainians could potentially reclaim territory lost since Russia's February 2022 invasion. Zelensky called for a ceasefire and avoided directly addressing concessions.
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