Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy doesn’t assume former President Donald Trump absolutely understands the continuing battle in Japanese Europe.
Zelenskyy reacted to the previous president’s past statements about the war throughout a Sunday interview with reporter Kaitlan Collins from CNN.
“I think Donald Trump doesn’t know Putin,” Zelenskyy stated within the interview. “I do know he met him […] however he by no means fought with Putin.
TRUMP SAID HE COULD END UKRAINE WAR NEARLY A YEAR AGO BUT STILL HASN’T LAID OUT SPECIFICS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is reacting as he attends a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on the second anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2024. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
“[The] American Military by no means fought with the military of Russia. By no means […] I’ve a greater understanding,” he continued. “I don’t assume he understands that Putin won’t ever cease.”
Trump has claimed he would be capable of finish the conflict in Ukraine inside “24 hours” if re-elected, but has not offered a clear vision of a peace deal.
He has maintained this stance for over a year, refusing to give clear answers on how he would aim to resolve the sovereignty disputes except that he would force Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin to “make a deal.”
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump gestures to supporters during an election night watch party at the State Fairgrounds in Columbia, South Carolina. Trump defeated opponent Nikki Haley in the South Carolina Republican primary today. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
“If Donald Trump doesn’t know whom he’ll assist, Ukraine or Russia, I believe that he may have challenges along with his society as a result of, to assist Russia, it means to be towards People,” Zelenskyy said on Sunday.
However, Zelenskyy did not answer the question of who he preferred to win the upcoming presidential election — Trump or President Biden — saying it was not his place to have an opinion.
“The choice who would be the president is a call of your society,” Zelenskyy advised Collins.
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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his visit to Zaporizhzhia region, the site of fierce battles with the Russian troops in Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
Zelenskyy has beforehand invited Trump to go to Ukraine to get an on-the-ground take a look at the invasion and his nation’s ongoing battle to maintain the Russian army at bay.
The previous president has but to simply accept the supply.
