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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Mackey and agencies

Trump says he thinks Zelenskyy is ready to give up Crimea despite previous comments

Man in hat and coat speaking to reporters on tarmac.
Donald Trump at the Morristown municipal airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on Sunday. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

US President Donald Trump has said he thinks Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready to give up Crimea, despite his Ukrainian counterpart’s previous assertions on the Black Sea peninsula that was annexed by Russia in 2014.

Speaking to reporters at an airport in New Jersey on Sunday a day after meeting with Zelenskyy at the Vatican, Trump said “Oh, I think so,” in response to a question on whether he thought Zelenskyy was ready to “give up” the territory.

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