India, Aug. 18 -- President Donald Trump has suggested ahead of peace talks in Washington that Ukraine must give up the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia, and should not join NATO as part of a peace deal.
"President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight," Trump said in a message posted on Truth Social Monday.
"Remember how it started. No getting back Obama given Crimea (12 years ago, without a shot being fired!), and NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE. Some things never change!!!," he added.
In an interview with Fox Business Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also gave an indication to this effect, without naming specific conditions.
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