07-03-2025
Rep. DeLauro joins Ukrainian Americans speaking out against Trump's treatment of Zelenskyy
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Ukrainian Americans and their supporters spoke out Friday morning at a press conference in New Haven City Hall.
They were joined by U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D- 3rd District), who called President Donald Trump's treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 'shameful.'
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'We live in an upside-down world where lies and disinformation is being presented as fact and truth,' said Myron Melnyk, a member of Saint Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church.
Ukrainian-Americans like him are still reacting to the scene in the oval office a week ago, where President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance berated the president of Ukraine.
'They delivered a propaganda gift to Vladimir Putin by staging an ambush, yes an ambush, of President Zelenskyy,' DeLauro said.
She pointed out the Trump administration has also pulled funding for Ukraine, stopped sharing intelligence with the Ukrainian military, and is questioning the legal status of Ukrainian refugees now living in the United States.
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'Democrats would better serve the US and Ukrainian people's interests if they encouraged President Zelenskyy to come back to the U.S., sign the mineral rights agreement and help President Trump bring about a ceasefire and work towards a peace agreement as quickly as possible,' Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Ben Proto said in a statement. 'The best aid we can provide Ukraine is to help end the conflict.'
Congresswoman DeLauro said she has met with Zelenskyy and knows his plans were upended by the heated White House interaction.
'He was ready to sign a treaty, and I'm hopeful in that treaty,' DeLauro said. 'I don't know what the details are, that he hasn't given up more than he should in terms of the defense of his own country.'
In the meantime, local groups continue to send supplies and money to Ukraine.
'To date we have sent over 14 containers worth of supplies of all kinds: Coats, toothbrushes, such things as generators and air conditioners,' Carl Harvey of the Ukrainian American Veterans said.
Local groups like his say they are going to continue to send supplies and money to Ukraine because, they say, that country may need them now more than ever.
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