United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, “has no cards to play” and is extending the war through “inflammatory statements,” while the US works in negotiations to end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
Zelensky said on Tuesday that Ukraine will not “recognize the occupation of Crimea”, a point that the Trump government included as one of the clauses in its proposal to close the conflict, according to an authority to CNN on the weekend.
“Zelensky’s statement today will do nothing but extend the ‘field of death’, and nobody wants it! We are very close to an agreement, but the man ‘no cards to play’ must finally do that,” Trump published on Truth Social.
The American leader also pointed out that the Ukrainian statement is “very harmful” to peace negotiations and added that “Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President Barack Hussein Obama and is not even a point of discussion.”
“No one is asking Zelensky to recognize Crimea as Russian territory, but if he wants Crimea, why not fight for her eleven years ago when he was handed over to Russia without shoting?” He said.
“The situation for Ukraine is terrible – he can have peace or can fight for another three years before losing the whole country,” Trump said on Wednesday.
THE CNN He reported earlier that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will no longer participate in a major meeting in London to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
In addition, Vice President JD Vance threatened to abandon negotiations if both sides do not agree with the latest proposal.
This content was originally published in Trump accuses Zelensky of prolonging war with “inflammatory statements” on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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