Author: Andrew E. Kramer, Constant Méheut and Anton Troianovski
Published on: 19/02/2025 | 00:00:00
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Zelensky and Trump Trade Blows as Feud Escalates Over Peace Talks. Mr. Trump mocked his counterpart in a post filled with falsehoods, calling him a dictator without elections. He said that the U.S. President was living in “web of disinformation” The United States has allocated $119 billion for aid to Ukraine, according to a research organization in Germany, the Kiel Institute, not $350 billion. Mr. Trump also suggested that future security of Ukraine would not be an American problem. The deepening feud threatens to undermine Ukraine’s war effort. Mr. Zelensky said that was not true, citing polls showing far higher support. In one conducted in December, 52 percent of Ukrainians said that they trusted his leadership. Mr. Trump’s false statements stemmed from misinformation spread by people around him. “Nobody in Ukraine trusts Putin,” he said. Mr. Zelensky also laid out efforts to coordinate from allies security guarantees. This has been an overriding focus of Ukrainian diplomacy going into peace talks. Mr. Putin dismissed fears that American allies in Europe were being excluded from the U.S.-Russia talks. He said that Mr. Trump told him in their phone call last week that “the United States expects that the negotiating process will take place with the participation of both Russia and Ukraine” Mr. Zelensky delivered his comments on the same day Mr. Kellogg arrived in Kyiv for a three-day visit to discuss possible ways to end the war. Kramer Constant Méheut reports on the war in Ukraine, including battlefield developments, attacks on civilian centers and how the war is affecting its people. More about Anton Troianovski Our Coverage of the War in Ukraine Kremlin’s Message to Trump: As relations between the U.S. And Russia warm, Russian officials are arguing that American companies stand to make billions of dollars by re-entering the country.
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