Donald Trump seems to have blamed Ukraine for the Russian invasion of the country three years ago, because he rejected the anger of Volodmr Zensky about the removal of peace talks and criticized him because he had not closed a deal to end the war earlier.
“You should never have started,” said the American president about Kyiv when he focused on the Ukrainian president for expressing the concern that his country had not been at the table on Tuesday in conversations between Washington and Moscow.
'I think I have the power to end this war, and I think things are going very well. But today I heard, “Oh, well, we were not invited.” Well, you've been there for three years.
“You should have ended it. You should never have started it. You could have closed a deal. I could have concluded a deal for Ukraine, “Trump told a press conference.
After the meeting between us and Russian officials in Riyad on Tuesday, Trump said that he was 'much more confidence' that a peace agreement could be concluded.
“They were very good,” he said. “Russia wants to do something. They want to stop the wild barbarism. '
The stunning claim came when the armed forces of Vladimir Putin launched a sizzling air raid on the Ukrainian city of Odesa at night, hit a children's clinic and kindergarten and left a large part of the city without power.
As the fears Mount that Washington Kyiv could force in an agreement that it doesn't want it, Zensky said yesterday that he will never accept a deal that is closed without the input of Ukraine and hit the US and Russia for holding conversations' behind our back '.
Donald Trump seems to have blamed Ukraine on Russia's invasion of the country because he has rejected the anger of Volodmr Zensky because he was taken out of peace talks
Zensky has demanded that Ukraine will be included in any conversations about the future
The American and Russian delegations are depicted when attending the bilateral meeting in the Diriyah Palace this morning
But Trump responded furiously to his comments and Zolensky attacked during the press conference last night in Mar-A-Lago by saying that it had been 'too long' because Ukrainian elections had held him to have a place at the table .
Trump insisted that this point was “not a requirement of Russia”, but “something that comes from me and from many other countries.”
However, the claim comes directly from the Playbook of Moscow – and could not mention that the recent elections of Russia had been decorated in 2024, killed, imprisoned or banished with Putin's enemies, and the media muzzled to give him a earth shift victory .
Trump wrongly claimed that Zensky is only supported by four percent of the Ukrainians.
Asked about the prospect of European countries that send troops to Ukraine, Trump said: 'If they want to do that, that's great, I am completely for it. If they want to do that, I think that would be fine. I mean, I know that France called it, others have called it, UK has mentioned it. '
However, he added: “We don't have to place it there because, you know, we are very far away.”
Sir Keir Starmer called on the US to provide a 'backstop' for every deal in Ukraine, saying That a security guarantee from Washington would be 'the only way to actually prevent Russia' to rebuild his powers and launch another attack.
When the American special representative Keith Kellogg arrived in Kiev, Zensky entered how Trump's team in Saudi Arabia was blinded by Putin's 'pathological liars'.
Referring to the nocturnal attack on Odesa, the KYIV leader said: 'Yesterday, after the notorious meeting in Riyad, it became known that Russian representatives had again lied about not reporting the energy sector.
Smoke rises in the air over the city after a Russian drone strike, amidst Russia attack on Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine 17 February 2025. The attack came after the American Russian conversations in Saudi Arabia ended in Saudi Arabia
'Almost at the same time there was a strike, strike drones against electrical transformers.
'And this was in the winter, when it was minus six degrees Celsius at night. At least 160,000 Odessans are now without heat and electricity.
'Thirteen schools, a kindergarten and various hospitals are left without heating and electricity.
'Repair teams work, all utilities are involved. I am grateful to every savior, everyone who helps people.
“We must not forget that Russia is ruled by pathological liars, and they cannot be trusted – they must be put under pressure because of peace.”
Kellogg insisted after arriving by the train that he was there to listen on behalf of Trump's government.
“We'll listen. We are willing to give what is needed, “he said. 'We understand the need for security guarantees. Part of my mission is to listen.
“Then I go back to the United States, talk to President Trump to ensure that we understand.”
Putin's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday stated that Moscow has no plans to give territory that it has taken care of KYIV in Ukraine
During a visit to Turkey yesterday, Zensky promised that Ukraine would not bow to the demands of Moscow.
“I wonder why they believe that Ukraine would now accept all these ultimatums if we would refuse them at the most difficult moment,” said the Ukrainian president, referring to Kyiv's refusal to bow to Moscow's demands during crisis talks to it Start of the war.
Zensky pointed out that there were no similarities with the Russians during the occupation of the Kiev region, nor during negotiations in Wit -Russia or Turkey.
At the time, Moscow called for a reduction in the number of Ukrainian troops, recognition of occupied Ukrainian areas as part of Russia and the appointment of a pro-Russian government in Kiev.
“As President of Ukraine, I have never given anyone guarantees or confirmed anything. Moreover, I never intend to accept the Ultimatums of Russia. And I'm not going to do, “said Zensky.
He added that although Ukraine wants the war to end: “We want it to be honest and that nobody decides something behind our back.”
