U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing Ukraine for territorial losses as a result of an agreement to end Russia’s war of aggression. In an interview on the TV show “60 Minutes,” Trump reiterated that he expects the war to end soon. “I think we can achieve that. I think that’s how it will turn out. And in the end, Ukraine will look a little different,” Trump said.
Russia claims the territories in eastern Ukraine that have been occupied since the start of the war, as well as the remainder of the eastern Donbas region that is still under Ukrainian control. In addition, Russia intends to retain the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which it annexed in 2014. Ukraine points to the country’s territorial integrity, which is enshrined in its constitution.
Since the beginning of his second term in early 2025, Trump has been announcing that he will end the war soon. At times, he has even said that the war of aggression, which has been ongoing since February 2022, could be resolved within 24 hours.
