Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hit back in a press conference this morning in Kyiv: ‘Unfortunately, President Trump – I have great respect for him as a leader of a nation that we have great respect for, the American people who always support us – unfortunately lives in this disinformation space,’ he said.
Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz pointed out that Trump spoke with Zelensky immediately after speaking with Putin last week and that US Vice President JD Vance and Rubio met Friday with Zelensky in Germany.
Donald Trump has hit back at Volodymyr Zelensky over his objection to Ukraine being left out of talks on ending the war with Russia, saying he ‘could have made a deal’ three years ago.
High-level teams would begin talks on ending the conflict and would separately work to restore the countries’ respective diplomatic missions in Washington and Moscow to ease the talks going forward, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
But even before the talks took place this week, some European politicians accused Trump’s administration of handing free concessions to Moscow by ruling out NATO membership for Ukraine and saying it was an illusion for Kyiv to believe it could win back the 20% of its territory now under Russian control.
