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Gerard Toal, Professor of Government and International Affairs, Virginia Tech

When it comes to Ukraine peace negotiations, it’s all over the map

Donald Trump addresses European leaders on Aug. 18, 2025. The White House

Donald Trump is reportedly “sick” of seeing maps of the front line in Ukraine. Indeed, according to one European official’s account, he tossed aside Ukrainian delegation maps during his latest meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Oct. 17, 2025.

Instead, Trump is said to have aggressively pushed Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms to end the war and surrender all of the Donbas region in Ukraine’s east to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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