U.S. President Trump

According to Xinhua News Agency, US President Trump said on September 23rd that he now believes that Ukraine, with the support of the European Union and NATO, is expected to "win back all of Ukraine and restore its original status quo".

On the same day, Trump also called Russia a "paper tiger" in his speech, and expressed support for European countries to shoot down Russian warplanes when they violated NATO airspace.

Trump¡¯s remarks once again reversed his previous statements about ending the conflict in Ukraine and his strongest public support for Ukraine so far.

Earlier in the day, Trump held a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in new york. Shortly after the meeting, Trump wrote on the social platform "Real Social": "I think that with the support of the European Union, Ukraine has the ability to win this war and finally restore the original status quo in Ukraine. With time, patience, and financial support from Europe, especially NATO, restoring the original borders of this war is completely a feasible option. Why not?" Trump also said that Russia "has been fighting aimlessly" and its military strength "is not dominant".

In February this year, Trump and Zelensky had a dispute in the Oval Office of the White House, which once caused tension between the United States and Ukraine. But after the two met during the pontiff's funeral in the Vatican, there were signs of more moderate, willingness to talk. In recent months, though, Trump has been claiming that Zelensky has "no cards" and that Russia is winning the war. On the eve of the summit between US and Russian leaders in Alaska last month, Trump also urged Ukraine to make territorial concessions to Russia in order to reach an agreement to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Zelensky said in an interview on Monday that Trump¡¯s view of the war had ¡°significantly changed¡± and that the two leaders had ¡°a deeper understanding of the situation on the ground.¡±

Shortly after the post on social media, Trump commented with French President Macron later on the 23rd: "I don't know what they are (situation), but they have been fighting for three and a half years and it makes no sense to kill 7,000 people a week. So this is a very tragic situation." He also said: "I thought, given my relationship with Putin, it would be the easiest to solve this war. Unfortunately, this relationship makes no sense."

Ukraine has long stated that if NATO allies strengthen military support, Ukraine will be able to make progress on the frontline, but the Washington Post noted that Ukraine is currently facing a military shortage and cannot be solved with foreign aid.Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2022, Russia has controlled about one-fifth of Ukraine's territory, and the overall situation on the frontline is currently stagnant.

Trump meets Zelensky at the White House

Zelensky said in an interview that Russia "will not wait for the end of the war in Ukraine, but will try to find weaknesses in Europe and NATO countries."

According to the news agency, on 9 and 19 of this month, Poland and Estonia, respectively, accused Russian drones and fighter jets of infringement of airspace, the Russian side denies.NATO launched the "Eastern Guards" military operation to strengthen the defense and deterrence of NATO's Eastern Wing.

During Trump¡¯s bilateral meeting with Zelensky, when reporters asked whether Trump¡¯s NATO countries should ¡°shoot down a Russian aircraft entering its airspace,¡± Trump replied, ¡°Yes, I think,¡± ¡°When asked whether the United States would support NATO allies on this, Trump said, ¡°It depends on the specific circumstances.¡±

Xi Jinping, China¡¯s permanent deputy representative to the United Nations, spoke at the Security Council¡¯s high-level meeting on Ukraine on 23rd, emphasizing the influence of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Xi Jinping said that during the recent period, there has been some positive momentum in the dialogue talks around the crisis in Ukraine, and the main parties have held a series of contacts and negotiations, but the position is still not small gap. The parties to the conflict should increase their efforts, show political will, reflect a flexible attitude, value and properly resolve each other¡¯s reasonable security concerns, and strive to reach a comprehensive, lasting and binding peace agreement early.

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Trump is not confident.

In Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump has been very vigorous; however, peace talks with Russia seem to be far from reachable at the moment.

On September 12th, local time, Trump revealed his frustration in an interview with Fox News. He admitted that after the negotiations were "suspended", he was "a little" impatient with Russian President Vladimir Putin "quickly".

He said he would treat Russia ¡°very harshly¡± but did not disclose sanctions against Russia.

However, Trump still speaks for Putin while making malicious remarks, saying that it is not one person's fault that the negotiations are deadlocked.

According to reports, Trump said on the program that when he first took office, he thought that the Russia-Ukraine war, which had lasted for three years at that time, would be the "easiest" international conflict to end; But now, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has become his "only unresolved conflict."

When the host of the show mentioned that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had repeatedly proposed a meeting with Putin, Trump turned to speak kind words for Putin.

¡°But it does take two to tango,¡± Trump said, ¡°it¡¯s surprising that when Putin wants to talk, Zelensky doesn¡¯t; when Zelensky wants to talk, Putin doesn¡¯t.

Trump said the U.S. government ¡°will have to be very, very tough¡± on Russia, including pressuring Russia by hitting Russian banks, oil and imposing tariffs.

"However, I have done it, and I have done a lot," Trump pointed out. The United States has threatened to impose so-called "secondary sanctions" on countries that continue to buy Russian oil, and has already imposed tariffs of up to 50% on India, which buys Russian oil.

He boasted, ¡°It¡¯s not easy, it¡¯s a big thing, it¡¯s a break between India and the United States.¡±

Trump received a Fox News interview on 12th.

Before taking office, Trump promised to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict as soon as possible, but so far there has been no obvious progress.

Last month, Trump made a series of efforts on Ukraine.On August 6, Trump¡¯s special envoy, Witkov, visited Moscow and met with Russian President Putin for three hours; on 15th, Trump held a massive meeting in Alaska; on 18th, Trump welcomed visiting Zelensky and a number of European leaders in the White House; after the two meetings, both sides said that the bilateral meeting in Russia and the US-Russia-Ukraine tripartite summit were about to take place.

At that time, many people were optimistic about the situation in Russia and Ukraine and opened champagne in advance. But so far, Russia and Ukraine have not yet determined the time and place of the bilateral meeting, and have refused to give in to each other on territorial issues. At the same time, deadly attacks between Russia and Ukraine continue.

On September 5, Putin said that the best place for his meeting with Zelensky was Moscow. In addition to Moscow, Ukrainian suggestions about other meetings were purely superfluous. On the same day, Zelensky reiterated that he would not go to the capital of the "terrorists", and Putin "could come to Kiev".

U.S. B-2 bombers and F-35 fighter jets at the head of the US Russian leader

As the impasse continued, Trump faced more and more questions.At a press conference on September 3, reporters questioned why Trump hadn¡¯t been acting against Russia, but India accidentally ¡°layed a gun.¡±

On the 10th local time, Poland shot down a Russian drone that "invaded" the country's airspace and launched NATO Article 4 consultations. However, Russia denied it, saying that these allegations were "groundless" and that it did not plan to attack any targets in Poland.

This incident once again intensified the tension between NATO countries and Russia.

Later on the 10th, Trump's statement was belated, but it was confusing. He wrote on social media: "What happened to Russia's violation of Polish airspace with drones? Here we go (Here we go, or translated as'Here we go again 'and'come on')!"

National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) speculates that Trump seems to have expressed support for Poland, but U.S. Cable News Network (CNN) said directly that Trump¡¯s statement was ¡°ambiguous¡± and ¡°confusing¡± and didn¡¯t understand what he meant exactly.