Bryan Lanza, who worked on Trump’s presidential campaign, claimed the incoming Trump administration indicated restoring lost Ukrainian territory wasn't a precursor to peace.
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00:00Donald Trump's team has dismissed remarks by a Republican strategist that the new administration's
00:07plan to end the war in Ukraine is about peace and not territory.
00:11In an interview with the BBC, Brian Lanza claimed that the incoming Trump government
00:16didn't see restoring lost territory as a priority.
00:19But a spokesperson for the president-elect said Lanza didn't speak for Trump.
00:24On the campaign trail, Trump claimed he could end the war in Ukraine within a day without
00:28explaining how.
00:30But he also hasn't ruled out the possibility that Kiev may have to cede territory to Moscow
00:34to bring about an end to the war.
00:37Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula in 2024 and in 2022 annexed four areas of Ukraine
00:43without ever maintaining full control over any of them.
00:48Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly said the full withdrawal of Russia's
00:52forces and the return of all territory is a must if peace is to be established.