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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy wants Trump to pressure Russia and help broker an end to the war
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy wants Trump to pressure Russia and help broker an end to the war

Daily Mail​

time13 hours ago

  • Politics
  • Daily Mail​

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy wants Trump to pressure Russia and help broker an end to the war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC This Week co-anchor Martha Raddatz that he sees Donald Trump as a key figure who can end the war between his nation and Vladimir Putin 's Russia. In an interview that aired Sunday, the Ukrainian President noted that 'the majority of wars were finished with some kinds of agreements … [with] strong third parties involved who can put pressure on the aggressor,' Zelenskyy told Raddatz. 'Are there enough levers and powers to stop this in the United States? Yes, I am convinced that the president of the United States has all the powers and enough leverage to step up,' Zelenskyy continued. 'He can unite around him other partners like European leaders,' he concluded. 'They [are] all looking at the President Trump as a leader of the free world, a free, democratic world, and they are waiting for him,' Zelenskyy added. The Ukrainian President also called for America to pressure Russia via economic sanctions, noting that only the United States can actually make a difference. 'It doesn't matter who wants, apart from the United States, to apply sanctions against Russia,' Zelenskyy stated. 'If it's not the United States, there will be no real impact.' Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy told @MarthaRaddatz his country is ready for a ceasefire brokered by the Trump administration: "I am convinced that the president of the United States has all the powers and enough leverage to unite European leaders.' — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 8, 2025 Some Washington, DC Republicans agree with the Ukrainian President's calls to be tougher on Russia. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Emeritus, Michael McCaul (R-Texas) told Fox News' Shannon Bream in a Sunday morning interview that he believes his House colleagues would support a bill by Senator Lindsey Graham to put extreme pressure on Russia. 'So, you have to put pressure. How do you do that? Secondary sanctions. Lindsey Graham has a bill. If he passes it tomorrow, we'll pass it in the House,' McCaul said. 'And secondly, keep the flow of weapons going into Ukraine to pressure Mr. Putin to act in good faith. I have little confidence in him,' McCaul added. Graham's bill would place a 500% tariff on any nation that purchases Russian oil, uranium, and petroleum products. The legislation presently has the support of a bipartisan group of 82 members of the United States Senate. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala) is one of the cosponsors of Graham's bill, but is at the same time no fan of Zelenskyy's. Tuberville told WABC 770 AM host John Catsimatidis in a Sunday morning interview that he views Zelenskyy as 'dictator'. 'He knows that if he had an election he'd get voted out … Back during World War II, we had elections. You can't stop your constitution just because there's a war going on.' 'That's when you really need to look into your constitution. Zelenskyy is a dictator, and he has created all sorts of problems,' Tuberville stated. 'We've got a lot of money that's been missing. No telling where it's gone … It's way out of control. But the Biden administration allowed it to happen. It really escalated the last couple of years.' 'My God! It would be like our Vietnam War. But it's probably three or four times worse than the Vietnam war, because we only lost 50,000. I think both of these [nations] have lost close to 500,000 to 700,000 people. It's devastating to the world,' Senator Tuberville added.

Zelenskyy dismisses Trump's claim that Russia wants peace, says he knows Putin 'much better'
Zelenskyy dismisses Trump's claim that Russia wants peace, says he knows Putin 'much better'

Fox News

time16 hours ago

  • Politics
  • Fox News

Zelenskyy dismisses Trump's claim that Russia wants peace, says he knows Putin 'much better'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected President Donald Trump's claims that Russia is serious about pursuing peace on Sunday. Zelenskyy made the statement during an interview on ABC News' "This Week" with host Martha Raddatz. He argued that Putin wants the war to continue, though Ukraine is still engaged in ceasefire negotiations. "With all due respect to President Trump, I think it's just his personal opinion," Zelenskyy said when asked about Trump's view of Putin. "Trust me, we understand the Russians much better, the mentality of the Russians, than the Americans understand the Russians. I know for sure Putin doesn't want to stop the war." He went on to push back on Trump's analogy, likening the Russia-Ukraine war to two children fighting in a park. "We are not playing in the park with the Russians like two boys, two kids. Putin is not a kid. So we can't compare and we cannot say okay, let them fight for a while," Zelenskyy said, recounting the story of a Ukrainian man who lost his wife and three children to missile strikes. "That's why we are not kids at the playground. Putin is a murderer who came to the park to kill kids," he added. Trump gave the analogy during a state visit by German Chancellor Friederich Merz to the Oval Office last week. "Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy – they hate each other, and they're fighting in a park, and you try and pull them apart, they don't want to be pulled," Trump said. "Sometimes you're better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart." Trump said he gave that analogy to Putin in his call with him last week and said he told the Kremlin chief "maybe you're going to have to keep fighting and suffering a lot." Ukraine and Russia have so far held two rounds of peace talks with few tangible results.

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