Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that the US President is living in Russian disinformation space following Trump’s latest remarks in which he blamed the Ukrainian President for starting a war with Russia, according to the media reports. Earlier, Donald Trump in the day had said that Kyiv should have struck a deal with Russia before starting the war in 2022.
Zelenskyy made the comments before he was expected to meet with Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, who arrived in Kyiv. Kellogg will meet Zelenskyy and military commanders as the US shifts its policy away from years of efforts to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The US President suggested that Kyiv was to blame for the war, which enters its fourth year next week. The talks between top American and Russian diplomats in Saudi Arabia sidelined Ukraine and its European supporters. Trump’s comments are likely to vex Ukrainian officials, who have urged the world to help them fight Russia’s full-scale invasion that began Feb. 24, 2022.
The battlefield has also brought news for Ukraine in recent months. A relentless onslaught in eastern areas by Russia’s bigger army is grinding down Ukrainian forces, which are being pushed backward at some points on the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line. Trump told reporters at his Florida residence Tuesday that Ukraine “should have never started” the war and “could have made a deal” to prevent it.
Kellogg stated his visit was a chance to have some good, substantial talks. Zelenskyy canceled his planned Wednesday trip to Saudi Arabia in what some analysts saw as an attempt to deny legitimacy to the U.S.-Russia talks about the future of his country.
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