Trump says he does not expect Ukraine to win but has not ruled it out

US President Donald Trump has said he has never claimed that Ukraine will definitely win the war, but he believes it is possible, noting that anything can happen in war.

Source: Trump during a meeting with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Trump said he has never stated that Ukraine will win the war.

Quote: "They [Ukraine] could still win it. I don't think they will, but they could still win it. I never said they would win it. I said they could win. Anything can happen. War is a very strange thing. A lot of bad things happen, a lot of good things happen."

Background:

• In September, Trump was unexpectedly optimistic about Ukraine's chances of regaining control over its territory within internationally recognised borders.
• After a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 17 October, Trump said that Ukraine and Russia "should stop where they are".
• Zelenskyy did not argue with this, but reminded him that Ukraine did not start the war and it is not Ukraine that has to stop.
• According to The Washington Post, during his phone call with Trump, Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin demanded full control over Donetsk Oblast as a condition for ending the war.
• Trump has said he supports freezing the war between Russia and Ukraine along the current front line and denied claims that he urged Zelenskyy to cede the entire territory of Donetsk Oblast.

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