Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy goes against the statements of former US President Donald Trump in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
Trump has repeatedly this year claimed that he could have ended the war in Ukraine in 24 hours if he were president of the United States.
– I don’t understand when Donald Trump says: “I could have gathered Putin and Zelenskyj around a table and ended the war in 24 hours”. Trump could have done it, but it didn’t happen, says Zelensky.
War from 2014
The war in Ukraine began in 2014 with Russia’s illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula and Russian hybrid forces’ partial occupation of Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
Three years later, Donald Trump was in the White House.
Hitting back at Trump questions
The war in Donbas flared up periodically, but in practice there was a standstill between Ukraine and the Russian hybrid forces until 24 February last year.
– Yes, the question was probably not as urgent at the time, because there was no full-scale war, but our territories were just as fully occupied, Zelenskyj says further about Trump’s statements.
Zelenskyj: – Redd
The Ukrainian president then praises current US President Joe Biden, but is careful not to criticize Trump.
– President Biden is president during the full-scale war, and he has given us more help than President Trump did, if we are talking about the various governments. At the same time, we have to remember that it was not a full-scale war then, and I am not sure how Trump would have reacted, Zelenskyj says.
– Crosses all boundaries
The Ukrainian president is then asked about the possibilities of a new Trump presidency, and whether it puts pressure on Ukraine.
– In the current situation, when there is support, one is afraid of changes. And to be honest, when you talk about a change of government, I feel the same way as anyone: You want changes that lead to improvement, but it can also be the opposite, Zelenskyj says.
Impeached
Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelenskyj have had a strained relationship with former US President Donald Trump.
Trump was impeached for the first time after he tried in 2019 to get Zelenskyj to investigate Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, who had previously been part of the board of the Ukrainian company Burisma.
“Do not panic”
To pressure Zelenskyj to do as he wanted, Trump withheld almost 400 million dollars – 4.4 billion Norwegian kroner at today’s exchange rate – in military aid, which Congress had decided to donate to Ukraine.
Congress acquitted Trump during the impeachment trial.
2023-06-04 02:40:30
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