Trump says he believes Ukraine can regain all land lost to Russia since 2022 invasion

US president claims Russia is in ‘big economic trouble’ as he calls for Nato countries to stop imports of Russian oil

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Donald Trump has said he believes Ukraine can regain all the land that it has lost since the 2022 Russian invasion in one of the strongest statements of support he has given Kyiv.

The US president delivered his upbeat assessment by claiming Russia was in big economic trouble in a post on Truth Social after meeting the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in New York.