Trump has said Ukraine will be able to regain all of its territory

Ukraine is in a position where it can reclaim all of its territory - with financial support from the European Union and NATO, Donald Trump has said. He said Russia was facing "big" economic problems and now it was "time for Kiev to act." The US will continue to supply arms to NATO to "do what it wants with it," Trump added.

"Having learned and fully understood the military and economic situation between Ukraine and Russia, and having seen the economic problems it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and regain all of Ukraine in its original form. With time, patience and financial support from Europe and NATO in particular, a return to the original borders where the war began is quite possible," US President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social. The post came shortly after his meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on the margins of the UN General Assembly taking place in New York, The New York Times noted.

Trump believes it is "time for Ukraine to act" as Russia faces "big problems" after three and a half years of conflict, which he writes would have taken "Real Military Force less than a week." "This doesn't make Russia stand out. In fact, it makes it look like a 'paper tiger,'" the US president said.

Trump said Ukraine has a "great spirit" that is only getting stronger, while in Russia the population is increasingly facing the negative effects of the "war economy."

"Ukraine can reclaim the country in its original form and, who knows, maybe go even farther! [Vladimir Putin and Russia have BIG economic problems and now is the time for Ukraine to act. In any case, I wish both countries all the best. We will continue to supply arms to NATO so NATO can do what they want with them," Trump concluded.

Trump's statement represents an "unexpected shift" and a "serious lunge" against Russia, which follows months of "unsuccessful attempts to secure a ceasefire," The Wall Street Journal wrote. Trump had earlier said that both sides would have to sacrifice some territory to achieve a peace deal, the newspaper added.

At the same time, Trump did not mention possible new sanctions against Russia in his Truth Social post, Bloomberg noted. The U.S. president also said nothing about how his new position would affect Washington's policy, Reuters noted.

Bloomberg Economics analysts Alex Kokcharov and Becca Wasser doubted that Ukraine would be able to regain all of its lost territory with the current level of Western support, Bloomberg writes. "To turn the tide, Ukraine will need a significant increase in Western military assistance, including the delivery of offensive weapons such as [missile systems with a range of about 460 kilometers] ERAM and longer-range missiles, to halt the Russian advance and provide a counteroffensive," the analysts said. At the same time, Western countries should strengthen sanctions against Moscow to further weaken the Russian economy and limit Putin's ability to sustain the conflict, Kokcharov and Wasser added.

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