# Experts identify three ways the US could pressure Kyiv to seek Ukrainian capitulation

https://mins.news/en/item/113892

- CNN, 2026-10-24 11:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/24/europe/ukraine-us-support-trump-zelensky-relations-intl?Date=20261024&Profile=CNN

> Experts say the United States can exert economic, military and political pressure on Kyiv as it seeks some form of Ukrainian capitulation to end the war started by Russia.

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