LONDON -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised his "productive meeting" with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, after which Trump appeared to jettison his long-held skepticism of Kyiv's battlefield ambitions. Shortly after the meeting, Trump wrote on social media, "After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the Europe an Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form." The statement marked a dramatic pivot away from the White House's established position that Kyiv will not be able to liberate the 20% or so of its internationally-recognize
Zelenskyy praises 'well-informed' Trump after president's Russia war pivot

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