President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (L) speaks during a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump at the 80th session of the UN's General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2025. CHIP SOMODEVILLA / AFP
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, September 23, that Ukraine could win back all of its territory from Russia, in an astonishing turnaround on the war after meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump's suggestion that Kyiv could win, with financial support from the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization, marks an extraordinary shift after months of saying Ukraine would likely have to cede land to its larger neighbor. Zelensky hailed Trump's comments as a "big shift."
In a further jibe at Moscow, he also called for NATO countries to shoot down any Russian fighter jets violating their airspace, following a series of incidents that have rattled US allies in Eastern Europe.
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