President Donald Trump hit back on Wednesday by criticizing Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s declaration on Crimea after dropping much hints that the country does not want to continue with the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
“Ukraine’s situation is dire; he can have peace or he can struggle for another three times before losing the entire nation.” I have nothing to do with Russia, but rather have a desire to save on regular five thousand Russian and Ukrainian troops who pass away without cause every month,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, claimed on The Wall Street Journal’s front page that Ukraine will not officially recognize Crimea as a sovereign nation. Nothing is to be discussed below. Because Crimea was lost ages ago under the leadership of President Barack Hussein Obama, and this statement is not even a topic of discussion, it is very detrimental to the Peace Negotiations with Russia. Nothing is requesting that Zelenskyy grant the designation of Crimea as Russian territory, but why didn’t they fight for it eleven years back when it was handed over to Russia without a single photo fired? Prior to” the Obama handover,” the area also houses “major Russian submarine bases.” It’s aggressive comments like Zelenskyy’s that make it so challenging to end this War. He “has everything to talk about”! Trump authored.
Trump’s remarks came a few hours after a meeting in London that was scheduled to end Russia’s war in Ukraine were downgraded after Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, announced he wouldn’t enter.
Karoline Leavitt, a press secretary for the White House, denied that Trump had threatened Zelensky with an ultimatum to embrace a standing peace offer” by the end of the day” or that the US would withdraw from peace negotiations. Leavitt told CNN’s Jeff Zeleny,” Not by the end of the day today,” in opposition to some press reports.
Trump needs to see this issue end, according to Lake, and he is becoming more and more enraged. She continued, noting that Zelensky “has been trying to pursue this peace dialogue in the press, and that the leader finds that to be intolerable.” His “patience is running extremely thin,” the media director continued.
Zelenskyy’s response:” Emotions have run great today.
After discussions on the continuing war in his country were held in London, Zelenskyy said, “emotions have run great today.”
For the discussions, members from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States convened.
” The parties graciously accepted each other’s positions and expressed their opinions.” Zelensky noted that” the American part shared its perspective” along with Ukraine and the other European countries, and that it was important that each side was not just a member but contributed meaningfully.
Zelensky vowed Ukraine do abide by its constitution in what appeared to be an direct response to US President Donald Trump’s condemnation of Zelensky’s refusal to acknowledge Russian command of Crimea. Additionally, he shared a snapshot of former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s 2018 Crimea Declaration, which criticized Russian occupation of the island.
Ukraine will usually follow its own Constitution, and we are certain that our companions, particularly the USA, will follow its powerful judgments, he declared.
