US President Donald Trump said it was not necessary for President Volodimir Zelenski will participate in the negotiations to end the conflict with Russia, maintaining his attacks against the Ukrainian leader.
Trump told Fox News Radio that Zelenski had State in meetings for three years since the invasion of Russia in February 2022 and so far had not managed to end the conflict.
“To be honest, I don’t think it’s very important to be at meetings,” Trump said. “When Zelenski said they had not invited him to a meeting, it was not a priority because until now he did a bad work in the negotiations.”
The comments indicated that Trump will continue with his strategy to negotiate directly with Russia with or without Ukraine. He spoke with President Vladimir Putin last week, and high American officials met with their Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia this week. At the meeting there was no Ukrainian present.
Comments further disrupt the approach of former president Joe Biden on the conflict, which is He focused on the idea of ”nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.” Trump reiterated his belief that Biden and Zelenski could have prevented the war.
“Every time I say: ‘Oh, it’s not Russia’s fault’, they always attack me, but I tell them that Biden said things wrong, Zelenski said wrong things, they were attacked by someone much bigger and much stronger ”Trump said. “But Russia could have dissuaded that easily.”
