Zelensky rejects Trump’s claim that Putin wants peace in Ukraine
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Ukrainian President Voldymi Zelenki rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that Russia is serious about pursuing peace on Sunday.
Zelenskyy Made A statement during an interview with ABC News’ “This Week” host Martha Raddatz. He argued that although Ukraine is still engaged in ceasefire negotiations, Putin wanted the war to continue.
“I think in my respect for President Trump, that’s just his personal opinion,” Zelensky said when asked about Trump’s views on Putin. “Trust me, we understand the Russians much better, the Russian mentality, more than the Americans understand the Russians. I certainly know Putin doesn’t want to stop the war.”
He pushed back Trump’s analogy and compared the Russian-Ukraine war to two children fighting in the park.
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Ukrainian President Voldymi Zelensky says Putin has no intention of ending the war in Ukraine. (Getty Images)
“We don’t play in the park with Russians like two boys, two kids. Putin is not a child, so we can’t compare. We can’t fight for a while,” Zelensky said. Missile strike.
“So we’re not kids on the playground. Putin is a murderer who came to the park to kill the kids,” he added.
Trump gave it An analogy from last week when German Prime Minister Friederrich Merz visited an oval office.
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“Sometimes you see two young kids fighting like crazy. They hate each other, they fight in the park, and you try to pull them apart, they don’t want to be pulled,” Trump said. “It’s better to let them fight for a while and then pull them away.”
Trump said last week he gave his call with Putin a similarity with him, telling the Kremlin chief, “Maybe you have to continue to fight and suffer a lot.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin is chairing the Cabinet meeting through a video conference in his residence in the Novoariyavo Region, on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia. (Photo via Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin pool photos)
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Ukraine and Russia have held two rounds of peace negotiations so far, with few concrete results.
Brie Stimson of Fox News contributed to this report.