President Donald Trump said on Feb. 26 that he expects that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will have to make concessions to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as part of the final deal to bring an end to the fighting between their two countries.
Speaking with reporters at the White House on Feb. 26, Trump said that if not for his 2024 election victory, the Russia–Ukraine war would continue and Putin would seek to take all of Ukraine.
