"Citing European officials briefed on the exchange, the report said Trump adopted Russian President Vladimir Putin's talking points verbatim, warning the Ukrainian leader that if [Putin] wants it, he will destroy you. According to the newspaper, Trump threw aside Ukrainian battlefield maps and demanded that Zelensky accept Moscow's terms, including ceding the Donbas region in exchange for partial Russian concessions in southern Ukraine."
"No, we never discussed that, Trump began. He continued: We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are the battle lines, you have a battle line right now. The rest is very tough to negotiate if you're going to say, you take this, we take that, there are just so many different permutations. So what I say is they should stop right now at the battle lines. Go home, stop killing people and be done."
President Donald Trump denied pressing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to surrender the Donbas region to Russia and said the topic was never discussed. A closed-door White House meeting allegedly devolved into a shouting match in which Trump reportedly echoed Russian talking points, threw aside Ukrainian battlefield maps, and demanded concessions including ceding Donbas in exchange for partial Russian withdrawals. The meeting followed a phone call with Vladimir Putin during which Putin reportedly offered to forfeit some small occupied areas. Trump stated his position as advocating an immediate stop at existing battle lines to halt casualties.
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