"The US president "doesn't feel like [the Russians] are putting enough on the table to end the war," Vance said, speaking to reporters in North Carolina, adding that Trump believes the war is "very bad" for Russia. This week has seen a dramatic U-turn in Trump's position on the war, from urging Kyiv to make territorial concessions to insisting it can win back "all of Ukraine in its original form"."
"US officials have suggested that the latest battlefield updates are what changed Trump's mind, with the president holding meetings with key aides as well as Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in recent days. The Kremlin yesterday flatly rejected what Mr Trump said was the rationale behind his rhetorical U-turn on the war in Ukraine, saying it appeared that the US president had been influenced by Ukraine's leader and was mistaken."
"In an abrupt shift in Ukraine's favour, Mr Trump said on Tuesday after meeting Mr Zelensky that he believed that Kyiv could recapture all of its land taken by Russia - which controls around one-fifth of the country - and that it should act now, with Moscow facing economic problems. The Trump flip-flop was seen by some Russian nationalists as a sign he was washing his hands of the war in Ukraine after his unsuccessful"
Trump shifted from urging Kyiv toward territorial concessions to asserting Kyiv could recapture all of its land after recent meetings with aides and a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky. US officials attributed the change to recent battlefield updates. Some Russian nationalists interpreted the flip-flop as Trump washing his hands of the conflict, noting he did not promise additional US aid and placed the onus on Ukraine and the European Union. The Kremlin rejected the stated rationale, called the president mistaken, asserted the Russian economy was stable despite sanctions, and described Russian advances as deliberate. Vance said Trump believed the war was very bad for Russia.
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