{"id":59256,"date":"2025-04-29T04:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T04:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/59256\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T04:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T04:26:11","slug":"downing-street-contradicts-trump-on-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/59256\/","title":{"rendered":"Downing Street Contradicts Trump On Ukraine War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/ukraine\/\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Downing Street \" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"680f66d9e4b0c1c6dcd84f3e\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/news\/ukraine\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Downing Street <\/a>has contradicted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/donald-trump\/\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Donald Trump\u2019s\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"680f66d9e4b0c1c6dcd84f3e\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/news\/donald-trump\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> latest claims about the war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Ukraine\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"680f66d9e4b0c1c6dcd84f3e\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/news\/ukraine\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The US president has said he believes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\/\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Volodymyr Zelenskyy \" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"680f66d9e4b0c1c6dcd84f3e\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/news\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy <\/a>is ready to \u201cgive up\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/crimea\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Crimea\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"680f66d9e4b0c1c6dcd84f3e\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/news\/crimea\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\" rel=\"noopener\">Crimea<\/a> in exchange for peace \u2013 despite the Ukrainian leader explicitly ruling that out.<\/p>\n<p>Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, but the Black Sea peninsula is constitutionally part of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made his comments while flying back to America from Pope Francis\u2019 funeral, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/donald-trump-says-putin-maybe-doesnt-want-to-stop-the-war-following-talks-with-zelenskyy_uk_680cfcace4b06b5c9fc8d205\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"he held one-to-one talks\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"680f66d9e4b0c1c6dcd84f3e\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"680cfcace4b06b5c9fc8d205\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he held one-to-one talks<\/a> with Zelenskyy in the Vatican.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he thought Zelenskyy was ready to \u201cgive up\u201d the peninsula, Trump replied: \u201cOh, I think so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/keir-starmer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Keir Starmer\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"680f66d9e4b0c1c6dcd84f3e\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/news\/keir-starmer\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"6\" rel=\"noopener\">Keir Starmer<\/a> also had a meeting with the Ukrainian president in Rome, where the pair \u201cdiscussed positive progress made in recent days to secure a just and lasting peace in Ukraine\u201d, according to No.10.<\/p>\n<p>Asked this morning whether the prime minister agreed with Trump\u2019s latest assessment of the Ukrainian position, the PM\u2019s spokesman refused to echo the US president.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe\u2019ve always said that when it comes to Ukrainian sovereignty it\u2019s a matter for Ukraine. It\u2019s for President Zelenskyy to speak to those matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s up to Ukraine to determine its own future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Starmer today called on Russia to agree to an \u201cunconditional ceasefire\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt\u2019s got to be lasting, because I don\u2019t trust Putin, I think if it\u2019s not a lasting ceasefire he will come back for more and we mustn\u2019t allow that to happen again. It\u2019s happened in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I have been clear about the role that the UK and others have to play in Europe, but we did make good progress in London last week and we have got to build on that now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Downing Street has contradicted Donald Trump\u2019s latest claims about the war in Ukraine. 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