US President Donald Trump has called Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator without elections”.
He lashed out after the Ukrainian president said Mr Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation as he moves to end the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine on terms that Kyiv says are too favourable to Moscow.
“Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky, talked the United States of America into spending 350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn’t be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and “TRUMP,” will never be able to settle,” Mr Trump said on social media of Mr Zelensky, who was popular television star in Ukraine before running for office.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky giving a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday (Tetiana Dzhafarova/Pool Photo via AP)
Mr Trump added in his post that Mr Zelensky is “A Dictator without Elections”!!
Because of Russia’s invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has delayed elections that were scheduled for April 2024.
Mr Zelensky accused Mr Trump earlier on Wednesday of living in a Russian-made “disinformation space”.
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Mr Zelensky is expected to meet Keith Kellogg, the US special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, who arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday.