Trump blames Zelenskyy for Russia’s invasion, ‘confident’ on Ukraine deal

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Zelenskyy had criticised the US-Russia talks for excluding Kyiv, saying efforts to end the war must be “fair” and involve European countries, while postponing his own trip to Saudi Arabia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo / Getty Images

The Ukrainian leader’s comments appeared to incense Trump, who proceeded to launch a series of attacks on Zelenskyy, who has led Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s February 2022 invasion.

Asked whether the United States would support demands that Russia wanted to force Zelenskyy to hold new elections as part of any deal, Trump began by criticising what he said were the Ukrainian’s approval ratings.

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“They want a seat at the table, but you could say… wouldn’t the people of Ukraine have a say? It’s been a long time since we’ve had an election,” said Trump.

“That’s not a Russian thing, that’s something coming from me, from other countries.”

Zelenskyy was elected in 2019 for a five-year term, but has remained in office as Ukraine is still under martial law.

US President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019. Photo /Getty Images
US President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019. Photo /Getty Images

‘Power to end this war’

European leaders are increasingly fearful that Trump is giving too many concessions to Russia in his pursuit of the Ukraine deal that he promised to seal even before taking office.

But Trump insisted that his only goal was “peace” to end the largest land war in Europe since World War II.

Trump said he was “much more confident” of a deal after the talks, adding: “They were very good. Russia wants to do something. They want to stop the savage barbarianism.”

“I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it’s going very well,” Trump said.

The US leader added that he was “all for” European peacekeepers in Ukraine if he can strike a deal to end the war.

“If they want to do that, that’s great, I’m all for it,” he said.

“I know France was willing to do that, and I thought that was a beautiful gesture,” added Trump, saying that Britain had made a similar offer.

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The United States would not have to contribute “because, you know, we’re very far away.”

Trump stunned the world when he announced last week that he had spoken to Putin, and that the two leaders had agreed to start peace talks and to travel to meet each other in Moscow and Washington.

The US president then said they would hold a first meeting, most likely also in Saudi Arabia.

Although no date has been announced, when asked if he would met Putin before the end of the month, Trump said “probably.”

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