Ukrainian Foreign Minister says Volodymyr Zelensky enjoys the support of the Ukrainian people and deserves their support.after Donald Trump called for Zelensky to be replaced as president. “He has the support of the Ukrainian people and he has the right to decide,” Andriy Sybiga said on Saturday. “The statements coming from abroad only confirm that he is doing his job well. He deserves our support.” Earlier, Trump said Ukraine needed a “new leader” a day after the US president struck a deal allowing Russia to supply diesel to global markets and Moscow launched strikes against Ukrainian civilians, killing 20 people, including three children.
On Saturday, Trump also called on Zelensky to stop hitting Russian oil refineries, saying, “He better stop.” Trump made the comments to reporters at the White House. Zelensky reacted with fury Friday to Trump’s deal with Putin, calling it “terrible” and “neither fair nor honest.”
Further raising tensions, Trump said that Vladimir Putin wanted to reach an agreement on the war with Ukraine.and without evidence, accused Zelensky of resisting compromise. “Russia would like to make a deal … but for some reason Zelensky doesn’t want to make a deal,” Trump told reporters. “President Putin is very interested in a settlement,” Trump said of a phone conversation he had with the Russian leader on Friday.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham decided to quickly support Zelensky.declaring to his Ukrainian counterpart that they were “totally united”. In a call between the two leaders, Burnham told Zelensky that he recognized that “the last 24 hours have been difficult for Ukraine and reiterated his full solidarity,” according to a Downing Street statement. The leaders discussed “the importance of maintaining pressure on Russia”, with Burnham saying the UK would “continue to strengthen its sanctions against Russia and take further steps to contain the Russian war machine”. They agreed to meet in person in the coming days, the statement added.
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who led efforts to negotiate a Ukraine peace deal, could visit Moscow in the next two weeks.Russian state news agency reported Saturday, citing a source.
A delegation of Ukrainian officials who visited Miami to discuss ending Russia’s war in Ukraine was returning home Saturday.said a Zelenskyy aide. “The groups are already on their way back,” Dmytro Lytvyn, an adviser to the president, told reporters.
Vladimir Putin’s top economic negotiator on Saturday welcomed Trump’s call to replace Zelensky, describing his remarks like “historical”. “President Trump joins those who believe that Ukraine needs truly peace-oriented leadership,” Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin’s special envoy for economic cooperation, said in an article on X.
Germany said on Saturday it would continue to push for new EU sanctions against Russia despite Moscow’s agreement with Washington on the release of diesel to ease the fuel crisis.. “The German government stands by its measures to sanction Russia and is working jointly with its European partners on further sanctions,” government spokesman Stefan Kornelius said in a statement. Germany’s “support for Ukraine in its fight to defend itself remains unwavering,” he said. “Diplomatic efforts for a peaceful solution continue. »
The Russian Defense Ministry said its drones hit a data processing center in kyiv earlier Saturday and a cargo ship carrying military supplies to the Ukrainian port of Odessa.. In a statement, the ministry said that “facilities in kyiv were used by the Ukrainian armed forces to collect, process and store intelligence. The ministry also said its forces had captured the settlements of Lukashove and Lobanivka in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported. Reuters was unable to independently verify this information.
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