Donald Trump proposed the division of the Donbas region in Ukraine to end the conflict: "For now, both sides involved in the conflict should stop at the line of battle – return home, cease fighting, cease killings."

The American president Donald Trump suggested that a solution for ending the war in Ukraine could be the division of the Donbas region, leaving the majority under Russian control. This proposal was made after a tense meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Trump reportedly pressured him to give up part of the territory. Although Trump stated that both sides should cease hostilities, his comments represent a shift in position from previous statements when he claimed that Ukraine could regain all its territory.

Donald Trump appeared more optimistic after a conversation with Putin, in which a possible territorial exchange was discussed. Sources indicated that Trump was influenced by this discussion, suggesting that Ukraine could cede the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in exchange for Russia withdrawing from other areas.