Ukraine will likely ‘end up with a little bit different shape’ after war, Trump tells 60 Minutes

Donald Trump said Ukraine will probably emerge from the war with a “little bit different shape” and claimed a peace deal with Russia could be close. His remarks came ahead of US, Ukrainian and Russian negotiations scheduled in Abu Dhabi on 10 and 11 November, and included his defence of his approach to the war.

Trump identified hostility between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin as an obstacle, but declined to say whom he trusted more. He said he did not know who imposed October’s Starlink speed limits, though service was later restored, and defended his policies on sanctions and weapons sales to European countries for Ukraine. He also criticised the hundreds of billions of dollars in US military aid provided under Joe Biden.