ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainians met Donald Trump’s dramatic rhetorical shift on the war with Russia with a shrug, noting it was not his first change of mind and wondering when the U.S. president would back words with actions to force Moscow’s hand.
Trump said late on Tuesday that he believed Ukraine could retake all of its land occupied by Russia, an about-turn from his earlier insistence that it would need to give up territory in exchange for peace.
But there was no sign that Trump would help Ukraine achieve that goal, notably through tough new sanctions that Kyiv and its European allies believe to be the quickest way to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to abandon his maximalist demands.
“I don’t believe that Donald Trump can do anything. He’s together with Putin