UNITED NATIONS -- UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he believed Ukraine could win back all territory lost to Russia, a dramatic shift from the U.S. leader’s repeated calls for Kyiv to make concessions to end the war.

A Kremlin spokesman has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's characterization of Russia as a "paper tiger," noting that the country is traditionally seen as a bear, not a tiger, and there are "no paper bears".

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President Trump voiced his disapproval of Russia's recent tactics, saying that the country has spent "millions and millions of dollars in bombs, missiles, ammunition, and lives"

Trump shared the new position in a social media post shortly after meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.

The president posted on Truth Social after he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

President Donald Trump criticizes NATO countries for continuing Russian energy purchases, saying China and India are primary funders of the ongoing war.

Trump made the comments after Poland became the first member nation to fire at Russian aircraft earlier this month since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday that Hungary will continue to source fossil fuels from Russia despite demands from his ally U.S. President Donald Trump, and that he’d informed the president that dropping Russian energy would be a “disaster” for Hungary’s economy.

In a change of tone, President Donald Trump said with backing from the European Union and Nato, Ukraine could take all of its land claimed by Russia.

US President Donald Trump has stated that the slow pace of Russia's occupation of Ukraine, despite large-scale bombardments of Ukrainian cities, is damaging Russia's reputation. He has stressed that the actions of Russian leader Vladimir Putin have led to significant human losses and destruction but have not brought the end of the war any closer.