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Trump 'is seriously considering lifting all restrictions on how Ukraine can fight Russia'
Donald Trump is said to be 'seriously considering' lifting all restrictions on how Ukraine uses U.S. supplied weapons against Russia, according to Western officials.
The U.S. president could go further than his predecessor in removing all restrictions imposed by the Biden administration, sources told the Kyiv Post on Monday.
Trump has sought to end the three year war in Ukraine by mediating peace talks and even exploring possible concessions to the invading force.
But with talks making little progress, and Russia still hammering Ukraine with successive drone strikes, one official said current restrictions are 'under review'.
'President [Trump] believes that the current status-quo does not serve our common interests of bringing Russia to the [negotiation] table,' the official told the outlet.
Despite making overtures to peace, Putin has expanded attacks on Ukraine in recent days, launching the heaviest drone strikes of the war on Kyiv over the weekend.
European leaders welcomed a subsequent shift in tone from Trump, who wrote on Sunday that Russian president Vladimir Putin 'has gone absolutely crazy'.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Trump has finally realised that Putin was not looking for peace.
'President Trump realises that when President Putin said on the phone he was ready for peace, or told his envoys he was ready for peace, he lied,' Macron said.
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