Trump Says Ukraine Can Win Back All Territory Lost to Russia

‘I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form,’ Trump wrote.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) speaks during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the 80th session of the UN’s General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sept. 23 that Ukraine should go on the offensive against Russia and reclaim all occupied territories.

“After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.