Trump Told Zelenskyy To Hand Over Ukraine Territory Or Be 'Destroyed' By Russia

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68f5c97d1800003016e8eb23.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits before a lunch with President Donald Trump and JD Vance in the Cabinet Room of the White House." data-caption="Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits before a lunch with President Donald Trump and JD Vance in the Cabinet Room of the White House." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits before a lunch with President Donald Trump and JD Vance in the Cabinet Room of the White House.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/donald-trump/">Donald Trump </a>told <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/volodymyr-zelenskyy/">Volodymyr Zelenskyy </a>to give up huge swathes of <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/ukraine/">Ukraine</a> or face being “destroyed” by Russia, it has been reported.</p><p>According to <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/7960c6aa-dbfa-4a55-91e8-ae44601842ec" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the Financial Times</a>, the US president shouted and swore during an angry meeting in the White House last Friday.</p><p>The talks took place two days after Trump held a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin in which the pair agreed to meet in Budapest.</p><p>Zelenskyy had gone into the White House meeting hoping to persuade Trump to sell Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles to allow Kyiv to strike deep into Russian territory.</p><p>Although he <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/putin-ally-makes-nuclear-threat-after-donald-trump-hints-us-could-give-ukraine-tomahawk-missiles_uk_68ecf2bae4b096c4c84fe292">had previously hinted</a> that