Trump says Ukraine will have a "little bit different shape" after war ends

US President Donald Trump has said that Ukraine will likely remain a free and independent country after the war ends, but with a "little bit different shape", possibly hinting at changes to Ukraine's borders under a peace agreement.

Source: Trump's interview with CBS's 60 Minutes programme

Quote: "I think we're gonna have it done, and I think it's gonna happen ​and they're gonna end up with a little bit different shape Ukraine."

Details: Trump made the remark in response to a journalist's question about whether he expects things to ultimately "work out with a free and independent Ukraine", in the context of ending the war and preserving Ukrainian statehood.

Earlier in the interview, he once again claimed that former US president Joe Biden had given US$350 billion in cash and weapons to Ukraine.

By contrast, Trump claimed that he himself had given Ukraine nothing, instead selling weapons to Europe at full price. He expressed regret over what he described as money supposedly wasted by Biden.

In Trump's view, the US had supplied Ukraine with an enormous amount of weapons, including "the best weapons on earth", but had received nothing in return. The journalist then pointed out that the Americans had gained Ukrainian independence in return.

However, Trump disagreed, saying that they had not achieved that yet. "You haven't gotten anything yet. Let's see how it all works out," Trump said, possibly referring to the outcome of peace negotiations and the end of the war.

The journalist then asked whether the US president envisaged Ukraine's future as a free and independent country.

At the end of his response, Trump once again reiterated that "that war would have never started" if he had been president.

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