Trump Takes Jab At Zelenskyy, Claims He Did Not Read U.S. Peace Proposal To End War With Russia | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump declared he was “disappointed” in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after claiming he hasn’t learn a U.S.-brokered peace proposal aimed toward ending the Russia-Ukraine struggle.

Speaking on the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Trump was requested by a reporter what his “next steps in Russia-Ukraine talks” are after discussions in Miami between U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators over the weekend wrapped up in a standstill with no development.

“So, we’ve been speaking to President [Vladimir] Putin and we’ve been speaking to Ukrainian leaders, including Zelenskyy, President Zelenskyy,” Trump started.

Noting that he’s a “little bit disappointed that President Zelenskyy hasn’t yet read the proposal,” the right-wing chief continued: “That was as of a few hours ago. His people love it … Russia’s fine with it. Russia’s, you know — I guess [they] would rather have the whole country when you think of it.”

Trump then once more famous he believes Russia is ok with the proposal, however he’s unsure Zelenskyy is in settlement. “His people love it, but he hasn’t read it,” he repeated.

Trump didn’t develop on why he thought Zelenskyy hadn’t learn the plan.

On Sunday night, Zelenskyy wrote in an X publish that “Ukraine deserves a dignified peace” earlier than noting that “whether there will be peace depends entirely on Russia – on our collective pressure on Russia and on the sound negotiating positions of the United States, Europe, and all our other partners.”

Zelenskyy added, “Russia must be held accountable for what it is doing – for the daily strikes, for the constant terror against our people, and for the war itself.”

Zelenskyy’s publish got here amid stress for Kyiv to just accept painful concessions to finish the struggle with Russia.

Zelenskyy’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark about Trump’s remarks.

Last month, Trump permitted a 28-point peace plan to finish the struggle. The plan calls on Ukraine to cede territory and has been seen as considerably extra favorable to Russia. The plan sparked pushback from Kyiv and Europe.

On Monday, Zelenskyy convened with senior European leaders on the British Prime Minister’s Office in London to try to rally assist from his European allies following Trump’s criticism.

Ahead of the conferences, Zelensky declared that it was essential for Europeans and Americans to band collectively to place an finish to the battle.

“There are some things which we can’t manage without Americans, things we can’t manage without Europe, and that’s why we need to make some important decisions,” Zelensky stated.

On his approach to Brussels for conferences with the leaders of NATO and the European Union, Zelensky stated that progress was made throughout the discussions, and that peace proposals have been being nailed down and can be despatched to the U.S. on Tuesday.