Ukrainian president says Trump pledged to help him take Crimea back
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that President Donald Trump pledged to help him take back the peninsula of Crimea, The Newsweek reported.
Following their meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Zelensky told reporters that he and Trump discussed the contested Crimean peninsula, Unian reported. Zelensky said he told his counterpart that "Crimea is a beautiful place" and "it is a large beautiful part of our country."
“It seems to me, and I heard that he agrees that this is our native land and we will get it back," Zelensky told journalists. The president claimed that Trump told him, "Yes, you need to work, and we will help you."