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Trump: Zelensky is getting billions, but is refusing to reach an agreement to end the war

2024-09-26 13:00:15, Kosova & Bota CNA

Trump: Zelensky is getting billions, but is refusing to reach an agreement to

The Republican candidate for US president, Donald Trump, has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of receiving billions of dollars from the United States and, at the same time, refusing to "make a deal" to end the occupation of Ukraine by Russia.

Trump, who has sharply criticized Washington for supplying Kiev with aid, said Ukraine had to make concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the months before Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

"Any deal — even the worst — would have been better than what we have now," Trump said.

"If they made a bad deal, it would still be better than now. They would have given up a few things and everyone would have lived, and every building would have been built, and every tower would have lived another 2,000 years," Trump said.

Trump made the comments at a campaign rally in North Carolina while Zelensky was attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York, ahead of a visit to Washington on September 26, where President Joe Biden is expected to announce new aid. for Ukraine.

Trump has often claimed that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if he had been US president and that he would end the war quickly if he returned to the White House.

However, he has not given any clear explanation of how he would achieve this.

In a debate earlier this month with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump refused to say whether he wanted Ukraine to win the war.

Russia and Ukraine held several negotiations before Moscow launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022, but Kiev rejected Moscow's demands, which included recognizing Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and separatist-controlled entities in Luhansk and Donetsk. .

Trump appeared to make the comments in response to Zelensky's comments in an interview with the New Yorker, in which he said Trump "doesn't really know how to stop the war, even if he might think he does."

Trump pointed out that Zelensky is in the United States and said he is making "some nasty little smears against your favorite president, me."

He also described Ukraine as a devastated country, except for Kiev, which is short of soldiers, and questioned whether it has any leverage to negotiate an end to the war.

"What deal can we make? It [Ukraine] is destroyed. People are dead. The country is in ruins," he said.

Zelensky has said he will present to Biden what he calls a plan for winning the war, which is expected to include a request for permission to use the long-range weapons with which the United States supplies him that.

It has been reported that a meeting between Trump and Zelensky will take place in New York, but it is expected to be canceled, according to American media./ REL