President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on February 28, 2025. MYSTYSLAV CHERNOV / AP
US President Donald Trump is "extremely frustrated" with Russia and Ukraine, his spokeswoman said on Thursday, December 11, as Kyiv said Washington was still pushing it to make major territorial concessions as part of its plan to end the nearly four-year war.
"The president is extremely frustrated with both sides of this war," US Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. "He doesn't want any more talk. He wants action. He wants this war to come to an end."
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made remarks that appeared to show little had changed in Washington's core position on how the conflict should end since it sent a 28-point plan to Kyiv and Moscow last month that heavily favored Russia. Zelensky said that Washington was still pushing it to cede land to Russia as part of an agreement to end the war that started with Moscow's February 2022 invasion.
Washington wants only Ukraine, not Russia, to withdraw its troops from parts of the eastern Donetsk region, where a demilitarized "free economic zone" would be installed as a buffer between the two armies, Zelensky told reporters, including from AFP.
