Volodymyr Zelensky, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of being trapped by a bubble of “misinformation.” Trump has responded that Zelensky is a dictator who should be more grateful to the American people than he is.
The jabs were followed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing frustration at Zelensky’s alleged duplicity in promising to introduce legislation to pay back some of the billions of dollars given to it by the U.S. only to later announce publicly Ukraine rejected the request.
Trump calls Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ who should ‘move fast’ or lose country as row with Ukraine leader worsens – Europe live | Ukraine– www.theguardian.com
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Summary of the day so far
It’s 8.30pm in Kyiv, 9.30pm in Moscow and 2.30pm in Washington. Here’s a recap of the latest developments:
US president Donald Trump launched a fresh attack on Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, calling him a “dictator” who had “done a terrible job”. Trump warned Zelenskyy that he “better move fast” or he “won’t have a country left”, and accused him – without evidence – of benefiting from continuing US financial and military support, suggesting he had an interest in prolonging the war rather than seeking its end. Trump’s latest comments cast serious doubt on future US aid to Ukraine and mark the most explicit threat yet to end the war on terms favourable to Moscow.
Trump’s latest Truth Social post came after Zelenskyy accused the US leader of being “trapped” in a Russian “disinformation bubble”. The Ukrainian president, in a combative press conference in Kyiv, said Trump was pushing “a lot of disinformation coming from Russia”. He accused Washington of bringing Russia out of global isolation through bilateral talks earlier this week in Riyadh, and rejected any suggestion of making broad concessions to Russia. Zelenskyy also disputed Trump’s comments that most of Ukraine’s support comes from the US.
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