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“Ukraine” said in 48 of 70 transcripts, 182 times.
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Oct 20, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral with Prime Minister of Australia 2 times
…8 months. Not bad. I have one more to go. It's Russia-Ukraine. And I think we'll get there. But it's turned out to be…
…people dying are soldiers. The soldiers that are dying in Russia and Ukraine, it's unbelievable—5- to 7,000 a week. Can you believe it…
Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 4 times
…with President Putin, and we'll be talking about it. President Zelenskyy of Ukraine has endured a lot. I mean, he really has. He's endured a…
…peace, but you never know. Please. Yes. Who are you with? You're Ukraine? Yes, sure. We're going to be talking about that. That's why we're…
…other things that we've been sending over the last 4 years to Ukraine. We've been—you know, we gave them a lot. Now, we have…
Oct 14, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Bilateral meeting with President of Argentina 2 times
…have to tell you, I give credit, because who would think that Ukraine could have fought Russia for 4 years to essentially a standstill? Now…
…Russia look good. I will tell you that. We'll be talking about Ukraine, yes. I mean, I have the President coming in on Friday, and…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump's Bilateral meeting with President of Finland 5 times
…we are really working more closely together, having to do with Russia-Ukraine. And I would have thought that would have been easier, because that…
…World War II. You look at the people dying is—is Russia-Ukraine. I think we'll do that too. If—a lot of reasons for…
…And that's the thing that bothers me so much about the Russia-Ukraine. Seven thousand people are dying a week—young soldiers. They're almost all…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 1 time
…I thought would be maybe the quickest of all would be Russia-Ukraine. And I think that's going to happen too. But in the meantime…
Oct 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral 1 time
…great. And we're—you know, things are happening with respect to Russia-Ukraine. That's one that—last week, Mark, 7,812 people were killed. Soldiers…
Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…stop buying any oil from Russia while Russia continues this rampage against Ukraine. And they've been fighting. They've lost millions of lives already, and for…
…week, mostly military people. Their people and Ukrainians. More Russians, actually, than Ukraine. A little bit more. But it's such a waste of human life…
…lot. They're buying a lot, and I assume they're giving it to Ukraine. They could buy it for other reasons too, but I assume they're…
Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…on a lot of fronts. He's helping with regard to the Russia-Ukraine catastrophe. And his words of wisdom mean a lot. And we've been…
…The biggest disappointment—but I think that will happen eventually—is the Ukraine and Russia situation. But we've settled—I thought that was going to…
Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…an important one. And we have great respect for the fight that Ukraine is putting up. It's pretty amazing, actually. So, Mr. President, please. Yes…
…terrible right now. It's—as you know, it's crashing. And that, frankly, Ukraine is doing a very good job of stopping this very large army…
…we got really not much for it. We gave the money to Ukraine to fight, and we've—they've proven they're very brave. I mean, look…
Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…really doing its job. I know they were involved originally with Russia-Ukraine, and that didn't get done, because that was the time to stop…
Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 3 times
…He's really let me down. It was going to be Russia and Ukraine, but we'll see how that turns out. But that turned out to…
…get done. It will all get done right. And likewise, Russia and Ukraine will get done. But it's—you never know in war. You know…
…was it close to happening. And I spoke to President Putin about Ukraine. It was the apple of his eye. I've said that many times…
Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…people—you had 7,819 people killed last week. Russian soldiers and Ukraine soldiers, right? Not American soldiers, not soldiers from Poland, but they're human…
…tough wars to end— much tougher, I thought, than the war with Ukraine and Russia. I thought that Ukraine and Russia—I have a very…
Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 10 times
…making. I want to talk about: We're no longer involved with funding Ukraine, but we are involved with trying to stop the war or the…
…had somebody in here before. The war should have never started with Ukraine and Russia. It would have never started. And Putin said that himself…
…solved very quickly with regard to Gaza and also with regard to Ukraine and Russia. Yes, please. Well, we have some very good people for…
Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 7 times
…the meantime, we're not spending any money on—as you know, on Ukraine. But we're selling military equipment to NATO. NATO now is taking in…
…is distributing that equipment to wherever they are. I mean, perhaps to Ukraine. So NATO is working with Ukraine. Biden was giving hundreds of billions…
…As you know, I also got the rare earth deal done with Ukraine, which was worth much more than the $350 billion, but I'm not…
Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…as we work to end the killing and stop the war in Ukraine. We're all working for the same goal. A very simple goal: We…
…significant step, President Putin agreed that Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine. And this is one of the key points that we need to…
…we can reach an agreement that would deter any future aggression against Ukraine. And I actually think there won't be. I think that's even overrated…
Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President of Ukraine with us. We've had a lot of good discussions, a lot of…
…France, Germany, Italy, Finland, EU, NATO—I mean, all—all partners around Ukraine supporting us. Thanks them and thank you very much for invitation. Thank…
…good for everybody. We want it to end good. The people of Ukraine have suffered incredibly. Incredibly. Well, we're going to work with Ukraine, we're…
Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…then they get blown away. And Ukrainian too. Look what—look at Ukraine. It's a disaster what's happened there. But it continues to go on…
…game. We settled it. This is one that should be settled, Russia-Ukraine. This is one that really should be settled. Well—— Well, I don't…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…they want. But I guess it's, for the most part, working with Ukraine. But we had a fantastic meeting. I guess it's now almost 4…
Jul 16, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…in the history of our country. Look what happened with Russia and Ukraine. That should have never happened. Look what happened with Israel. That would…
Jul 14, 2025 Meeting 7 times
…know, we've spent $350 billion, approximately, on this war with Russia and Ukraine, and we'd like to see it end. It wasn't my war. It…
…is Russia, and I'm not happy. And I will tell you that Ukraine wants to do something. Again, it's a war that should have never…
…et cetera, and that's going to be quickly distributed to the battlefield. Ukraine will take it up. And you know, say what you want about…
Jul 9, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…indeed, you know, because a lot of systems have been sent to Ukraine. But they would like to—I know they made the request. We're…
…Yes, please. Well, I haven't thought about it because we're looking at Ukraine right now and munitions. But I have—no, I have not gone…
Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…He's killing too many people. So we're sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine, and I've approved that. I don't know. Why don't you tell me…
Jul 7, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…a Biden-created monster: this whole thing that's happening with Russia and Ukraine. It's a horrible—it's a horrible thing. And I'm not happy with…
…wars. And I hate to see people killed. Like, as an example, Ukraine and Russia. They're not Americans there being killed. They're not Israeli that…
Jun 25, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…him today. I don't know. I assume we're going to be discussing Ukraine. I mean, it seems like the most likely subject. Well, we're going…
Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 10 times
…going on. We both feel that way. What's going on with Russia-Ukraine and other things we talk about, but Russia-Ukraine in particular. We'd…
…thing. I thought he wanted the entire—everything having to do with Ukraine. That's something that would have never happened if I were President. The…
…The war would have never—would have never happened. The war with Ukraine, with Putin would have never happened, ever. Not even a chance. And…
May 21, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…both, and we just did something good. We're trying to settle Russia-Ukraine. We spoke with President Putin for 2½ hours the day before yesterday…
…It's not our people, it's not our soldiers, it's not our—it's Ukraine, and it's Russia. But if we can save 5,000 souls, we'll…
…you know, I'm trying to save lives. I'm working with Russia and Ukraine. I don't have to do that. It's not our war. It was…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…deadly—horrible, actually. When you look at what's happening with Russia and Ukraine, the drone is killing tremendous numbers of people. You hide behind a…
…world psychologically. So we think we're going to do well with Russia-Ukraine. Five thousand soldiers are being killed every single week, on average. Five…
…they're not from here, and they're not from the U.S.A. They're from Ukraine and Russia. So some people would say, "Why are you bothering?" Because…
May 14, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…involved in helping us in other regions, like what's happening with Russia-Ukraine, et cetera. And I think we're having some pretty good news coming…
May 6, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…over, and that will be fine. We're going to also be discussing Ukraine-Russia— the war—because Mark wants it ended as quickly as I…
Apr 30, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…I came here, I said, "How much money have we given to Ukraine?" The real number is about $350 billion. That's—it's unthinkable. And we…
…Wasn't even thought of. I discussed it with President Putin a lot—Ukraine. It was the apple of his eye, but there was no way…
…I didn't want to make a deal that couldn't be made, because Ukraine doesn't have very much money. They're going through a very bad period…
Apr 24, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…beloved in his country. And we've had talks on the war with Ukraine-Russia and trade. We're doing very well, I think, on both. We've…
…500 people a week dying—young people, mostly soldiers, from Russia and Ukraine. And we want to end that war. We want to end it…
…soon. But it takes two to tango, and you have to have Ukraine want to make a deal too. And they're being hit very hard…
Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…up. They say they were the most beautiful in the world, in Ukraine, for whatever reason—but the most beautiful in the world. They're mostly…
…that happened. You know, I came back. We had no war in Ukraine. We had no war with—we had no October 7 Middle East…
…have any of that. You wouldn't have had the war with Russia-Ukraine. You wouldn't have had the Middle East problem, because Iran was broke…
Apr 10, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…to be able to make a deal relatively soon with Russia and Ukraine to stop the fighting. It's so senseless. It's such a horrible thing…
Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…not a good situation. So we're meeting with Russia, we're meeting with Ukraine, and we're getting sort of close. But I'm not happy with all…
Mar 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…them—we call them sections, but they're much more than that—Russia-Ukraine and also the Middle East. And we'll see what happens. We're in…
…were way behind. And if you look even—if you look at Ukraine—so we're in for $350 billion because of Biden. Should have never…
…the world, the most beautiful spires in the world. The spires in Ukraine were said to be the most beautiful of all. Just about every…
Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…a few words on what's happening with respect to, in particular, Russia-Ukraine, where we have some pretty good news, I think. We want to…
…Well, probably they have been influenced to get this thing settled, because Ukraine wants to see it settled. I think they have to have it…
…nobody knew until I came along. Europe is giving the money to Ukraine as a loan. We were just pouring money into Ukraine. It was…
Mar 13, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…lot of things. Obviously, we'll be discussing what's happening with respect to Ukraine and Russia. At this moment, we have people talking in Russia. We…
…Witkoff and others. And they're in very serious discussions. As you know, Ukraine has agreed, subject to this—what's happening today—to a complete cease…
…the most part—— They're not from—they're from Russia and they're from Ukraine, but they're people. And I think everybody feels the same way. We…
Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…because we just found out and we just were able to get Ukraine to agree. So we're going to know very soon. I've gotten some…
…my country. They're from Russia, mostly—almost all from Russia—and from Ukraine. And people could say: "Why are you doing this? Why are you…
…they liked is when they heard about the death taking place with Ukraine. That way—they were happy about that. They were happy about that…
Mar 11, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…you don't mind, we'll jump in. The President. Okay. Yes. Well, it's Ukraine, but we hope to get Russia. It turned out to be the…
…saying, that Russia has been easier to deal with, so far, than Ukraine, which is not supposed to be the way it is, but it…
…hope to get Russia, but we have a full cease-fire from Ukraine. That's good. Yes. Well, it's basically make America great again. We have…
Feb 28, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…thank you very much. It's an honor to have President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. And we've been working very hard, very close, and we've actually known…
…has to be protected too. But this is an incredible agreement for Ukraine, because we have a big investment in their country now, and what…
…think of the parents. Think of the—whether they're in Russia or Ukraine, think of the parents of all these people being killed needlessly. Should…
Feb 27, 2025 Meeting 7 times
…we're going to be discussing many things today. We'll be discussing Russia- Ukraine. We'll be discussing trade and lots of other items. And I think…
…Right now, we don't have a deal. We have Russia. We have Ukraine. I think we're very well advanced. I think Russia has been acting…
…with Russia, and we've had very good talks, as you know, with Ukraine. Yes, sir. Well, I think we have just a great relationship. We…
Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…to solve a lot of problems. We're doing very well with Russia-Ukraine. President Zelenskyy is going to be coming on Friday. That's now confirmed…
…importantly, by far, we're going to make a deal with Russia and Ukraine to stop killing people. They'll stop killing young Russian soldiers and young…
…We're right now negotiating very successfully, I think, with Russia and with Ukraine, and we have a lot of countries involved. And we have to…
Feb 24, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…others, and we're trying to get the war ended with Russia and Ukraine. And I think we've come a long way in a short period…
…think once we settle, there's going to be no more war in Ukraine, and you're not going to have it. It's not going to be…
…no? Did you say? It's not a correct story. No, we're helping Ukraine like nobody has ever helped Ukraine before. And I can say this…
Feb 21, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…have a couple of things in the works. We're negotiating with Russia, Ukraine, trying to get that horrible situation over with. It's terrible. It's just…
…get it over with. It's bad for Russia, and it's bad for Ukraine, and it's bad for us on a humanitarian basis. I've had very…
…progress. I mean, we've made more progress on that situation, which is Ukraine, than they have in 3 years. Again, it's so sad that it…
Feb 13, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…Arabia—not with myself or President Putin, but with top officials, and Ukraine will be a part of it too. And we're going to see…
Feb 11, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…where the Middle East got blown up. And you wouldn't have had Ukraine and Russia fighting. That would have never happened. And by the way…
Feb 7, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…are dead or—and very badly wounded, and the same thing with Ukraine. You have probably 700,000 with Ukraine. The numbers they gave a…
…demolished. They're like—you talk about Gaza. Well, take a look at Ukraine. So many of those cities are demolition sites, demolished. So sad. Should…
Feb 4, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…get it done. We're also dealing, I think, very successfully, with Russia-Ukraine. We're going to, hopefully, get that one done at some point in…
…you know, when I left, we had no problem. There was no Ukraine and Russia fighting. There was no October 7. There was nothing. And…
…it to happen. It would have never happened. And that includes Russia-Ukraine would have never happened—not even a little bit, not even a…