US President Donald Trump voiced strong confidence that Ukraine can reclaim its pre-war borders from Russia, thanks to solid backing from the European Union and NATO. He shared these thoughts after chatting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
In a post on Truth Social Tuesday, Trump painted Russia as a “paper tiger” struggling after three and a half years of the Ukraine war. He pointed to Russia’s economic headaches and urged Ukraine to push forward and win back every inch of its original territory. “After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia military and economic situation, and after seeing the economic trouble it’s 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, stressing the chance to restore those starting borders.
Trump blamed Russia’s drawn-out fight on its own shortcomings, saying a real military power could have wrapped it up in under a week. Instead, the conflict highlights Russia’s weaknesses. He noted growing pains like gasoline shortages and a draining war economy hitting Russian cities, towns, and regions hard. “When the people living in Moscow and all of the great cities, towns, and districts all throughout Russia find out what is really going on with this war… Ukraine would be able to take back their country in its original form and, who knows, maybe even go further than that! Putin and Russia are in big economic trouble, and this is the time for Ukraine to act,” he added, giving a shout-out to Ukraine’s “great spirit and resilience.”
Trump also reaffirmed US commitment, saying America will keep sending weapons to NATO so allies can use them as needed in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
This comes right after Trump’s UNGA meeting with Zelenskyy. For context, Russia now controls about one-fifth of Ukraine—roughly 114,500 square kilometers—according to Al Jazeera. The active front line stretches around 1,000 kilometers across areas like Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson. In Zaporizhia and Kherson, Russian forces hold about 75% of the land.
Smaller pockets fall under Russian control in Kharkiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions too—around 400 square kilometers in Sumy and Kharkiv, plus a border sliver in Dnipropetrovsk. In the Donbas area, made up of Luhansk and Donetsk, Russia dominates about 46,570 square kilometers, or 88% of it. That includes almost all of Luhansk and three-quarters of Donetsk. Ukraine still holds onto roughly 6,600 square kilometers there, but Russian troops have ramped up attacks in Donetsk, aiming to capture key Ukrainian strongholds in what’s called the “fortress belt.”
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