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04/28/2025April 28, 2025
Trump says thinks Zelenskyy ready to give up Crimea
US President Donald Trump said he thought Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy was ready to as part of peace talks with Russia.
“Oh, I think so,” said Trump in response to a question on whether he thought Zelenskyy was ready to “give up” the territory that Russia occupied in 2014.
The statement was in direct contradiction to the Ukrainian leader’s statements on the peninsula.
Trump also said he wanted Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to “stop shooting” and sign a peace deal with Ukraine.
“Well, I want him to stop shooting, sit down, and sign a deal,” Trump said in response to a question on what he wanted from Putin.
“We have the confines of a deal, I believe, and I want him to sign it,” he added.
Crimea is a strategic peninsula along the Black Sea in southern Ukraine.
It was seized by Russia years before the full-scale invasion that began in 2022.
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Skip next section North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia for first time
04/28/2025April 28, 2025
North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia for first time
North Korea admitted for the first time that it has sent troops to fight for Russia in the war with Ukraine.
State news agency KCNA said on Monday that its soldiers helped
The agency said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had ordered the deployment as part of a mutual defense treaty with Russia.
“Under the order of the head of state, the sub-units of the armed forces of the Republic regarded the territory of Russia as the one of their country and proved the firm alliance between the two countries,” KCNA cited the Commission as saying.
North Korea is estimated to have sent
Russia confirmed on Saturday for the first time that
Moscow said last week Ukrainian forces had been expelled from the last Russian village they had been holding.
But Kyiv denied the claim and said their troops were still operating in Belgorod, another Russian region bordering Ukraine.
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Skip next section Welcome to our coverage04/28/2025April 28, 2025
Welcome to our coverage
Welcome to DW’s coverage of developments from on Monday, April 28.
North Korea has admitted to sending troops to help Moscow’s forces fend of a Ukrainian incursion in Russian territory.
US President Donald Trump said he believed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was ready to give up the as part of peace talks with Russia.
In this blog, we will keep you updated as the day unfolds.
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