Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said after meeting with US President Trump today: "Trump realized that the battlefield situation information provided by Putin to him is far from the facts. Now he trusts me more, because we will share the information we have with our partners. In September, we recovered 360 square kilometers of territory and controlled a certain number of Russian soldiers surrounded."
Comments: Mentioning specific military achievements such as "recovering 360 square kilometers of land" and "surrounding Russian troops" is part of Zelenskyy's core strategy to counter Trump's pressure for a "territory for peace" deal. Previously, after Trump met with Putin in Alaska, he repeatedly pressured Ukraine to accept a peace plan that "recognized the four eastern Ukrainian regions as part of Russia," even saying "Ukraine cannot join NATO." Zelenskyy's disclosure of military achievements at this time actually conveys two signals: first, that Ukraine still has the initiative on the battlefield and does not need to compromise by ceding territory; second, that American weapons and intelligence support are producing real results, and Europe and NATO should continue to invest. This operation of using military achievements to prove the "value of aid" responds to Trump's shift in judgment on the Ukraine-Russia situation and also adds confidence to refusing unreasonable peace conditions.
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