The US president believes that the Ukrainian chief “is edging the world to the precipice of nuclear conflict,” the report says
US President Donald Trump is annoyed with Ukrainian chief Vladimir Zelensky, seeing him as a “dangerous man” who’s pushing the world nearer to nuclear battle, the New York Occasions reported on Wednesday, citing sources.
Unnamed Trump advisers informed the NYT that the president is “exasperated” with each Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky, however “reserves particular animosity” for the Ukrainian chief, who he has publicly criticized on a number of events.
Though Trump has mentioned it’s “comprehensible” that Ukraine desires to maintain preventing, his stance towards Zelensky is notably harsher than towards Putin, the report says. The US president reportedly tends to be extra deferential to his Russian counterpart, and beforehand believed that their “very, excellent relationship” would assist finish the battle. Due to this, he has so far avoided imposing new sanctions on Moscow.
On Wednesday, the 2 leaders held a 75-minute cellphone dialog through which Trump mentioned they mentioned Ukraine’s current assault on Russian airbases that reportedly host strategic plane. “President Putin did say, and really strongly, that he should reply to the current assault on the airfields,” Trump mentioned.
The Kremlin confirmed the dialog. Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov mentioned Putin knowledgeable Trump of Ukraine’s efforts to derail peace talks between Moscow and Kiev, together with “terrorist” assaults on civilian targets. Ushakov was apparently referring to incidents of railroad sabotage within the areas of Bryansk and Kursk through which seven folks died and greater than 100 had been injured.
Following the decision, Zelensky posted an announcement on Telegram, saying: “If the world reacts weakly to Putin’s threats, then he perceives this because the world’s readiness to show a blind eye to his actions… If the robust don’t cease Putin, it signifies that they share duty with him.”
Trump beforehand engaged in a public spat with Zelensky when the 2 met on the White Home in late February. On the time, the US president accused Zelensky of “playing with World Warfare III,” and of being “disrespectful” and ungrateful for American help.
