Trump Says Ukraine Should Give Up Territory in Donbas to End War

Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to hold a meeting in Budapest, Hungary.

US President Donald Trump welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he arrives for a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2025. (Photo by TOM BRENNER / AFP) Photo by TOM BRENNER/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump said on Oct. 19 that Ukraine should give up territory in the Donbas region already under Russian control in order to end the war.

“We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are, the battle lines,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.