U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he believes Ukraine can reclaim all Russian-occupied territory and should act immediately, citing Moscow’s “big” economic troubles, marking a striking rhetorical shift in Kyiv’s favour.

But there was no sign that Trump’s words would be matched by a change in U.S. policy, such as a decision to impose the heavy new sanctions on Moscow sought by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he travelled to New York this week.

“Putin and Russia are in BIG Economic trouble, and this is the time for Ukraine to act,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, shortly after meeting Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York.

“After seeing the Economic trouble (the war) is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Un

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