Trump Says He Will Seek Return of Some Ukrainian Territory in Talks With Putin

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on 11 August that he would press Russian President Vladimir Putin to relinquish part of the territory Russia has occupied in Ukraine. Speaking ahead of a planned meeting with Putin, Trump acknowledged that any settlement would involve redrawing current front lines but said he intended to "try and get some of that territory back for Ukraine." Trump did not specify which regions might be returned or outline the mechanism for achieving the goal. His comments mark a rare instance of a prominent U.S. political figure publicly proposing territorial adjustments as part of efforts to end the war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.