Trump noted that Russia occupied “most of Ukraine, seized key territories.” “We will try to return part of these territories to Ukraine, but they have already taken significant territories and coastal lands. The coastal territories are always the most valuable: if you have a lake, a river or access to the sea, this is always the best property. Many do not know that Ukraine had previously had a coast of about a thousand miles. Now it has been lost. With the exception of a small zone – Odessa,” Trump said.
He stated that this “exchange of territories” allegedly will be “in the interests of Ukraine.”
“There will also be some negative moments for both sides. There are good and there is bad. Everything is very difficult, because the front lines are very uneven, and there will be some exchange … I’m going to see what the parameters will be,” he said.
Trump expressed dissatisfaction with the explanations of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky about the restrictions that exist for potential agreements with the Russian Federation.
“I was a little surprised by the fact that Zelensky said that he would need a constitutional coordination. That is, he received consent to start a war and murder, but he needs to be coordinated to exchange territories,” Trump said.
Context
Trump reported that on August 15 in Alaska in the United States he would meet with Putin, in particular, to discuss the possibility of ending the war in Ukraine. According to NBC News, the White House is considered The possibility of inviting Zelensky To meet in Alaska.
On August 10, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova on the Face of the National With Margaret Brennan program on CBS News expressed the opinion that the United States can during negotiations with Russia act from the standpoint of power.
Marcarova also did not exclude that in negotiations with the aggressor country Russia and the USA The president may participate in Alaska Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, but he does not plan to be there.
