Trump Says Ukraine’s Victory Is Possible, But Can Kyiv Really Win Back Its Pre-War Borders? | World News

KYIV: Ukraine’s war map trembled with a new uncertainty this week after a striking declaration of Donald Trump, President of the United States. For the first time since the Russian invasion, the White House said that he could restore the borders of Ukraine and that Moscow could take back the region.

In his real social account on Tuesday, Trump said, “With the support of the European Union, Ukraine is in a position to regain and win the entire Ukraine in its original form.

His words came as a jolt. They were more like a scream of war than the shades of measured diplomacy.

But in Kiiv, the reaction was cautious. Analysts and generals heard the words and heard the silence behind it.

Volodymyr Fesenko, who leads to the Penta Thinking in Kiev, rejected the concept of a real U -turn. “Do not see Trump’s words as a signal of returning to the borders of 1991. Trump’s sympathy is a rhetorical formula that he uses to express positive emotions against Ukraine.

He said that any revolutionary and sensational step was not a single decision that can change everything and change everything.

Trump emphasized this message through his own way. He fixed his responsibility to Brussels and NATO, not Washington, and insisted that Europe was a struggle against the bank.

“Trump thinks like a businessman.

Western sanctions, a stopped economy, inflation, budget deficiencies and increasing interest rates squeezed Moscow. Russia’s war -oriented growth began to cool.

Fesenko added that Trump’s cause is not victory for Ukraine, but that the war was closed for him. “Trump does not want Ukraine to win the war. He wants the war to end. His goals have not changed. So he sends a signal to Putin,” he said.

The Kremlin did not waste time to fire. Moscow rejected Trump’s words as “wrong ve and promised to fight.

In Ukraine, the generals drowned with a harder reality. Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Ihor Roman, Trump’s words are not himself, he said. Pentagon, intelligence agencies and Congress, pointing to the Congress, “Trump’s U -turn does not reflect his personal assessment because he cannot make such an assessment. This is a realistic plan of someone in his team.”

Romanenko said he believes that Ukraine should do. All men of the fighting age should be activated without exception. The economy must completely change to serve war efforts. Martial law should come with harsh penalties for draft kidnapping and corruption. It won’t be easy. Mobilization has already led to anger and criticism throughout the country.

Meanwhile, the battlefield grinds. Moscow’s summer edition chewed a roughly 2,000 square kilometer, a roughly the size of Luxembourg. The Russian units pressed Deeper to Donetsk and Zaporizhia, which were moving towards strategic castles.

Roma they didn’t succeed in what they planned, but they still have resources.

In March, Putin promised an attack to “finish” Ukraine’s resistance. His forces are already holding Luhansk, the smallest occupied region, and now he is moving against Donetsk.

For Kyiv, survival depends on the firepower. More Humar, more patriotic batteries, more armor and more F-16-or more old and removed from service. Nikolai Mitrokhin of the University of Bremen, Germany, said, “Ukraine needs 100,000 lands to fight the front,” he said.

According to him, it is impossible to think about the return to the 1991 borders.

Drones announced that he made armored breakthroughs a death trap. Poor tactical leadership weapons and their lives were wasted. Kyiv’s failed in 2022 and 2023 wounded the scenery with this reminder.

Mitrokhin, Ukraine can only hit the pockets, in 2022 by talking about surprise progress such as Izium or Kursk in 2024. But the great dreams of a complete restoration seem to be smoke.

Fesenko’s warning was echoed through Kiev’s corridors. Trump’s words may sound like support, but a mirror to Putin. Fesenko, “Yes, will help indirectly. He will not play on our side,” he said.

Trump burned an insurance with his mission. Whether it creates hope in Ukraine, a new challenge is seen in Brussels or in Moscow.