India, Aug. 18 -- Ahead of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US President Donald Trump said that Kyiv can "end the war with Russia almost immediately" but it must abandon dreams of a NATO membership and bringing Crimea back to Ukraine.

"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 post on Truth Social

"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.

NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation-a military alliance formed in 1949 after World War II, mainly to provide collective def...