According to press reports, Trump has offered Putin other concessions, too, including recognising Ukrainian territory occupied by Russian soldiers as part of Russia, agreeing to keep Ukraine out of Nato, helping to block European efforts to seize Russian Central Bank assets deposited in European banks, and pressuring Zelensky to hold new elections. In 2025, the US voted with Russia and a handful of other rogue countries, such as Belarus and North Korea, against UN resolutions condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Even China abstained on these votes.) Trump also ended military and economic assistance to Ukraine, further weakening Zelensky’s negotiation position.
