After Zelenskyy Meeting, Trump Calls On Ukraine And Russia To 'stop Where They Are' And End The War - Beritaja

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, sits earlier a gathering pinch President Donald Trump, from right, Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent successful the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, successful Washington. Alex Brandon/AP

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump connected Friday called connected Kyiv and Moscow to "stop wherever they are" and extremity their sadistic warfare pursuing a lengthy White House gathering pinch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Trump's vexation pinch the conflict has surfaced many times successful the 9 months since he returned to office, but pinch his latest comments he edged backmost successful the guidance of pressing Ukraine to springiness up connected retaking onshore it has mislaid to Russia.

"Enough humor has been shed, pinch spot lines being defined by War and Guts," Trump said successful a Truth Social station not agelong aft hosting Zelenskyy and his squad for much than 2 hours of talks. "They should extremity wherever they are. Let some declare Victory, fto History decide!"

Later, soon aft arriving successful Florida, wherever he's spending the weekend, Trump urged some sides to "stop the warfare immediately" and implied that Moscow support territory it's taken from Kyiv.

"You spell by the conflict statement wherever it is — different it's excessively complicated," Trump told reporters. "You extremity astatine the conflict statement and some sides should spell home, spell to their families, extremity the killing, and that should beryllium it."

The comments amounted to different displacement successful position connected the warfare by Trump. In caller weeks, he had shown increasing impatience pinch Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed greater openness to helping Ukraine triumph the war.

After gathering pinch Zelenskyy successful New York connected the sidelines of the yearly U.N. General Assembly past month, Trump moreover said he believed the Ukrainians could triumph backmost each the the territory they had mislaid to Russia since Putin launched the February 2022 invasion. That was a melodramatic displacement for Trump, who had antecedently insisted that Kyiv would person to concede onshore mislaid to Russia to extremity the war.

Zelenskyy aft Friday's gathering said it was clip for a ceasefire and negotiations. He sidestepped straight answering a mobility about Trump nudging Ukraine to springiness up land.

"The president is correct we person to extremity wherever we are, and past to speak," Zelenskyy said erstwhile asked by reporters about Trump's societal media post, which he hadn't seen.

Another alteration successful tone

Trump's reside connected the warfare shifted aft he held a lengthy telephone telephone pinch Putin connected Thursday and announced that he planned to meet pinch the Russian leader successful Budapest, Hungary, successful the coming weeks.

President Donald Trump, 2nd right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, seated left, beryllium arsenic reporters inquire questions earlier a luncheon successful the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, successful Washington. Alex Brandon/AP

Alex Brandon/AP

The president besides signaled to Zelenskyy connected Friday that he's leaning against trading him long-range Tomahawk missiles, weaponry that the Ukrainians judge could beryllium a crippled changer successful helping prod Putin to the negotiating table.

Zelenskyy astatine the commencement of the White House talks said he had a "proposition" successful which Ukraine could supply the United States pinch its precocious drones, while Washington would waste Kyiv the Tomahawk cruise missiles.

But Trump said he was hesitant to pat into the U.S. supply, a turnabout aft days of suggesting he was earnestly weighing sending the missiles to thief Ukraine hit backmost Russia's invasion.

"I person an responsibility besides to make judge that we're wholly stocked up arsenic a country, because you ne'er cognize what's going to hap successful warfare and peace," Trump said. "We'd overmuch alternatively person them not request Tomahawks. We'd overmuch alternatively person the warfare beryllium complete to beryllium honest."

In an question and reply pinch Kristen Welker of NBC's "Meet the Press," Zelenskyy suggested the doorway was not closed.

"It's bully that President Trump didn't opportunity 'no,' but for today, didn't opportunity 'yes,'" he said.

Zelenskyy besides said "we request Tomahawks" because "it's very difficult conscionable to run only pinch Ukrainian drones."

Trump's latest rhetoric connected Tomahawks was surely disappointing to the Ukrainians. In caller days, Trump had shown an openness to trading Ukraine the Tomahawks, moreover arsenic Putin warned that specified a move would further strain the U.S.-Russian relationship.

Why Tomahawks?

But pursuing Thursday's telephone pinch Putin, Trump began downplaying the prospects of Ukraine getting the missiles, which person a scope of about 995 miles (1,600 kilometers.)

Zelenskyy had been seeking the Tomahawks, which would let Ukrainian forces to onslaught heavy into Russian territory and target cardinal subject sites, power accommodation and captious infrastructure. Zelenskyy has based on that the imaginable for specified strikes would thief compel Putin to return Trump's calls for nonstop negotiations to extremity the warfare much seriously.

Putin warned Trump during the telephone that supplying Kyiv pinch the Tomahawks "won't alteration the business connected the battlefield, but would origin important harm to the narration betwixt our countries," according to Yuri Ushakov, Putin's overseas argumentation adviser.

It was the 5th face-to-face gathering for Trump and Zelenskyy since the Republican returned to agency successful January,

The president said Friday it was "to beryllium determined" if Zelenskyy would beryllium progressive successful the upcoming talks successful Hungary — suggesting a "double meeting" pinch the warring countries' leaders was apt the about workable action for productive negotiations.

"These 2 leaders do not for illustration each other, and we want to make it comfortable for everybody," Trump added.

But Zelenskyy told reporters that the animus toward Putin "is not about feelings."

"They attacked us, truthful they are an force for us. They don't intend to stop," Zelenskyy added. "So they are an enemy. It is not about personification conscionable hating personification else. Although, undoubtedly, we dislike the enemy. Undoubtedly."

Trump, going backmost to his 2024 campaign, insisted he would quickly extremity the war, but his bid efforts appeared to stall pursuing a negotiated blitz successful August, erstwhile he held a acme pinch Putin successful Alaska and a White House gathering pinch Zelenskyy and European allies.

Trump emerged from those meetings definite he was connected way to arranging nonstop talks betwixt Zelenskyy and Putin. But the Russian leader hasn't shown immoderate liking successful gathering pinch Zelenskyy and Moscow has only intensified its bombardment of Ukraine.

Asked Friday if he was concerned that Putin was stringing him along, Trump acknowledged it was a anticipation but said he was assured he could grip the Russian leader.

"I've been played each my life by the champion of them, and I came retired really well," Trump said. He added, "I deliberation I'm beautiful bully astatine this stuff."