The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Wednesday that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, lives in a “misinformation space” made in Russian as a result of the discussions of his administration with Kremlin officials.
Zelenskyy said “he would like Trump's team to be more sincere.”
He made the comments shortly before he was expected to meet Keith Kellogg, the special envoy of the United States for Ukraine and Russia, who arrived in kyiv on Wednesday. Kellogg will meet with Zelenskyy and military commanders as the United States moves their policy of years of efforts to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump suggested on Tuesday that kyiv was the culprit of the war, which enters his fourth year next week, since the conversations between the main US and Russian diplomats in Saudi Arabia are set aside Ukraine and their European supporters.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, would celebrate a videoconference in Ukraine later on Wednesday with leaders from more than 15 countries, mostly European nations, “with the aim of gathering all partners interested in peace and security” On the continent, he said his office.
Key European leaders held an emergency meeting in Paris on Monday after they felt that the Trump administration had set aside.
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It is likely that Trump's comments bother Ukrainian officials, who have urged the world to help them fight the large -scale invasion of Russia that began on February 24, 2022.
Trump also said in Mar-a-Lago that Zelenskyy's rating was 4 percent.
Zelenskyy responded at a press conference in the Ukrainian capital kyiv that “we have seen this misinformation. We understand that it comes from Russia.” He said Trump “lives in this disinformation space.”
Trump also suggested that Ukraine should celebrate elections, which have been postponed due to the war and the consequent imposition of martial law, in accordance with the Ukrainian Constitution.
Zelenskyy questioned the statements, which did not specify that 90 percent of all the help received by Ukraine comes from the United States.
He said that, for example, about 34 percent of all weapons in Ukraine occur nationwide, more than 30 percent support comes from Europe and up to 40 percent of the United States.
The battlefield has also brought ukrainian news in recent months. An implacable attack in the eastern areas of the largest army in Russia is reducing Ukrainian forces, which are being pushed slowly but constantly in some points in the front line of 1,000 kilometers (600 miles).
Trump told journalists in his residence in Florida on Tuesday that Ukraine “should never have begun” war and “could have made a deal” to avoid it.
Kellogg said his visit to kyiv was “an opportunity to have some good and substantial talks.” Zelenskyy had to travel to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, but canceled his trip in what some analysts saw as an attempt to deny legitimacy to the United States Russia conversations about the future of their country.
American officials have indicated that Ukraine's hopes to join NATO to avoid Russian aggression after reaching a possible peace agreement will not happen. Zelenskyy says that any agreement will require security commitments of the United States to keep Russia at bay.
“We understand the need for security guarantees,” Kellogg said in the comments taken by the Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspeche Novyny on his arrival at the kyiv train station.
“It is very clear to us the importance of the sovereignty of this nation and the independence of this nation as well. … part of my mission is to sit and listen, “said three -star retired general.
Kellogg said he would convey what he learns during his visit to Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to “and make sure we do it well.”
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