After Zelenskyy assembly, Trump calls on Ukraine, Russia to cease the place they’re and finish warfare

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (October 17, 2025) known as on Kyiv and Moscow to “cease the place they’re” and finish their brutal warfare following a prolonged White House assembly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Mr. Trump’s frustration with the battle has surfaced repeatedly within the 9 months since he returned to workplace, however along with his newest feedback, he seemed to be edging again within the path of urgent Ukraine to surrender on retaking land it has misplaced to Russia.

“Enough blood has been shed, with property strains being outlined by War and Guts,” Mr. Trump stated in a Truth Social put up not lengthy after internet hosting Mr. Zelenskyy and his staff for greater than two hours of talks. “They ought to cease the place they’re. Let each declare victory; let historical past resolve!”

Later, quickly after arriving in Florida, the place he’s spending the weekend, Mr. Trump urged each side to “cease the warfare instantly” and implied that Moscow hold the territory it has taken from Kyiv.

“You go by the battle line wherever it’s — in any other case it’s too difficult,” Mr. Trump instructed reporters.

In latest weeks, Mr. Trump had proven rising impatience with Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed better openness to serving to Ukraine win the warfare.

Indeed, after assembly with Mr. Zelenskyy in New York on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly final month, Mr. Trump even stated he believed the Ukrainians may win again all of the territory that they had misplaced to Russia since Putin launched the February 2022 invasion. That was a dramatic shift for Mr. Trump, who had beforehand insisted that Kyiv must concede land misplaced to Russia to finish the warfare.

Mr Zelenskyy, after Friday’s (October 17, 2025) assembly, stated it was time for a ceasefire and negotiations. He sidestepped immediately answering a query about Mr. Trump nudging Ukraine to surrender land.

“The President is correct; we’ve got to cease the place we’re after which communicate,” Mr. Zelenskyy stated when requested by reporters about Mr. Trump’s social media put up, which he had not seen.

Mr. Trump’s tone on the warfare shifted after he held a prolonged cellphone name with Mr. Putin on Thursday (October 16, 2025) and introduced that he deliberate to satisfy with the Russian chief in Budapest, Hungary, within the coming weeks.

The President additionally signalled to Mr. Zelenskyy on Friday (October 17, 2025) that he’s leaning towards promoting him long-range Tomahawk missiles, weaponry that the Ukrainians consider might be a sport changer in serving to prod Mr. Putin to the negotiating desk.