Ukraine updates: Trump tells DW Ukrainians may remain in US

• Trump suggests he will permit Ukrainian refugees to remain in the United States

Welcome to DW's coverage of developments in Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine on Wednesday, July 30.

07/30/2025July 30, 2025

Trump tells DW: Ukrainians will likely be allowed to remain in US

US President Donald Trumphas signaled that Ukrainian refugees will likely be allowed to remain in the United States until the Russian invasion comes to an end.

"I think we will, yes, I will," Trump told DW's Misha Komadovsky when asked whether he would allow Ukrainians who fled the war to remain stateside.

"We have a lot of people that came in from Ukraine, and we're working with them," he added.

Approximately 240,000 Ukrainian nationals have fled to the United States since the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, but their residency status has been cast into doubt as the Trump administration has cracked down on irregular migration and asylum seekers.

In an executive order issued on January 20, Trump instructed the US Department of Homeland Security to "terminate all categorical parole programs" — which would include the "Uniting for Ukraine" (U4U) initiative introduced by former US President Joe Biden.

Reuters news agency reported in March that a decision on the status of Ukrainians was imminent, with Trump telling reporters in the Oval Office at the time: "We're not looking to hurt anybody, we're certainly not looking to hurt them, and I'm looking at that. There were some people that think it's appropriate, and some people don't, and I'll be making the decision pretty soon."

In May, the Washington Post reported that the Trump administration was considering using $250 million of foreign aid funds to repatriate people from active conflict zones, including about 200,000 Ukrainians.

Now, however, following Trump's remarks to DW in Washington, it appears likely that Ukrainian refugees will be permitted to stay in the United States, at least for now.

07/30/2025July 30, 2025

Welcome to our coverage

Hello and welcome to DW's coverage of developments in Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday, July 30.

After months of uncertainty surrounding the status of Ukrainian refugees in the United States, US President Donald Trump signaled to DW that they may be able to remain until the war ends.

And in Kyiv, urther protests are planned after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy launched a controversial restructuring of the country's anti-corruption agency.