Overview

• After meeting Volodymyr Zelensky in New York, President Trump posted on Truth Social that Ukraine, with European Union support, can “fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form.”
• Zelensky described the encounter as a shift in tone, saying Trump was more positive and expressed a desire to support Ukraine to the very end.
• European leaders read the message as a potential U.S. pullback that shifts costs to the EU, with Poland’s Donald Tusk warning it suggests reduced American involvement.
• Mixed U.S. messaging persisted as Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a U.N. Security Council session that the war “cannot end militarily.”
• Commentators urged follow-through in the form of tangible measures, including tougher sanctions such as the proposed g Russia ActRussia Act of 2025 targeting energy revenues.