Nothing personal between me and Trump, Zelensky tells CNN
Zelensky said easing pressure on Moscow would strengthen Putin as Trump’s envoys pressed for talks to end the war in Ukraine.
- On Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN that tensions with President Donald Trump are "not about personalities" while opposing any sanctions relief for Russia, saying lifting restrictions would only strengthen Putin.
- Ties between the US and Ukraine deteriorated recently after Trump waived sanctions against Russia and announced a fuel purchase deal, moves Zelensky criticized as placing Trump "on the wrong side of history."
- On Wednesday, US special envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, describing him as a "humanitarian" for releasing 74-year-old American prisoner Stephen Hubbard; Trump defended the move.
- Speaking to CNN, Zelensky alluded to freezing current frontlines to facilitate a "ceasefire, stop the killing, sit and speak," while Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted the fight remains concentrated in Donbas.
- Despite a productive meeting in Oslo, Zelensky warned that Putin has "no intention of stopping the war," adding the Russian leader "plays" with lives and maintains maximalist demands regarding Ukrainian territory.
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Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin did not want to end the war, and Kiev's partners should not "provide him with the opportunity to become stronger." Ukraine's leader gave an interview to CNN, on the basis of the new diplomatic efforts undertaken by the Trump administration to end the war launched by Russia against ...
Friendship is unilateral: Zelensky believes that he and Donald Trump have no personal differences
Friendship is unilateral: Zelensky believes that he and Donald Trump have no personal differences. He stated this in an interview with CNN. "There are no personal differences between me and President Trump," he commented.At the...
Volodimir Zelenski said, in an interview with CNN, that the disputes with Donald Trump are not personal, despite the tensions of the last days between Washington and Kiev. Also, the Ukrainian president of...
Putin is playing with people's lives, Ukrainian president says
Nothing personal between me and Trump, Zelensky tells CNN
After a bitter rift with Donald Trump left many in Ukraine fearing that the US president had swung behind Russia again, President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the dispute head on: there’s nothing personal between me and Trump, he told CNN, but cozying up to Vladimir Putin would only “make him stronger.”
Presidenti ukrainas paralajmëron se lehtësimi i presionit ekonomik ndaj Moskës do t suchi jepte Kremlinit më shumë briime për të vijuar luftën. Ai thekson se kündërshtimi i tij nuk ka të bëjë me marrëdhëniet personale me president amerikan. Presidenti i Ukrainës, Volodymyr Zelensky, i ka kërkuar homologut të tij amerikan, Donald Trump, të mos lehtësojë sanksionet [...]
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