February 20, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump said Russia has the upper hand in peace talks over Ukraine as the Kremlin occupies a significant chunk of Kyiv’s territory.

“I think the Russians want to see the war end, I really do. But I think they have the cards a little bit, because they’ve taken a lot of territory. So they have the cards,” Trump told the BBC on Air Force One.

The U.S. president was flying back to Washington from a meeting in Florida on Wednesday evening, after falsely blaming Ukraine for starting the war with Russia, attacking its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and arguing that Kyiv should hold new elections.

Source: Trump: Russia holds ‘the cards’ in Ukraine peace talks

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