U.S. President Donald Trump said on October 20 that he "never said that Ukraine will win". the US media interpretation, which again shows that Trump is skeptical about the prospect of Ukraine's victory in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

When asked by reporters at the White House that day whether Ukraine could win the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Trump replied: "I never said they would win. What I said is that if we reach an agreement, they may win."

Trump has changed his views on the prospects for a Russian-Ukrainian conflict several times. Earlier this year, Trump pressured Ukraine to make concessions on territorial issues to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. In late September, he also declared that Ukraine had the ability to ¡°take back the whole of Ukraine¡± and restore the status of the territory. Last week, Trump spoke for a long time with Russian President Putin, and the next day met with Ukrainian President Zelensky, after which he called on the Russian-Ukrainian two sides to ¡°stand a ceasefire on the ground and each declared victory.¡±

Trump said on the 19th that Russia should "cut off" Donbass according to the current front, delineate the ceasefire, and withdraw their respective troops. Donbass mainly includes the two regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, and the U.S. media interpreted that according to Trump's plan, most of the land in the region will be controlled by Russia.

Zelensky told the media on the 19th that Russia demanded the full withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, which Ukraine refused to accept.