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Fox News
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Trump goes after Zelenskyy over 'land swapping' dispute, lays out 'feel out meeting' with Putin
President Donald Trump took aim at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a press event on Monday over his frustration with the Ukrainian leader's objection to "land swapping." "I get along with Zelenskyy, but, you know, I disagree with what he's done, very, very severely, disagree. This is a war that should have never happened," Trump said, reiterating his belief that the Ukrainian president is in part at fault for Russia's illegal 2022 invasion. "I was a little bothered by the fact that Zelensky was saying, 'Well, I have to get constitutional approval'," Trump said. "I mean, he's got approval to go into war and kill everybody, but he needs approval to do a land swap, because there'll be some land swapping going on." "I know that through Russia and through conversations with everybody," Trump added, noting it was "for the good of Ukraine." Zelenskyy – who did not declare war on Russia, as Moscow had already invaded, did declare Martial Law on Feb. 24, 2022 with the approval of Ukraine's parliament, which gave him presidential powers to mobilize a military response — made clear over the weekend that he objected to Trump's "land swapping" proposal and has repeatedly said it would require a national referendum under the nation's constitution, not a unilateral decision by him. Trump wouldn't detail what exactly he hopes to get out of the meeting with Putin and described it as a "feel-out meeting," saying within "the first two minutes [he'll] know exactly whether or not a deal can be made." "I'm going in to speak to Vladimir Putin, and I'm going to be telling him, you got to end this war, you got to end it," Trump said, reiterating his belief that if he had won the 2020 election, Putin wouldn't have invaded Ukraine, saying "he wasn't going to mess with me." "I go into that thing fully loaded right up there, and we're going to see what happens," he continued. "It could be a good meeting, and we'll go a step further. We'll get it done. "I'd like to see a ceasefire very, very quickly, very quick," he continued. "And, we're going to be dealing with the European leaders and, we're going to be dealing with President Zelensky and hopefully we're going to have a great success."
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Zelenskyy rejects formally ceding Ukrainian territory, says Kyiv must be part of any negotiations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected on Saturday formally ceding Ukrainian territory, stressing that Kyiv must be part of any negotiations to end the war, in a video address. Solve the daily Crossword
ABC News
5 days ago
- Politics
- ABC News
Russia "more inclined" to reach ceasefire, Ukraine says
The Ukrainian president says Russia seems "more inclined" to doing a deal, as a deadline for Moscow to agree to a ceasefire looms. It comes as US envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
LBCI
18-07-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
Zelensky hails new EU sanctions on Russia as 'essential and timely'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the EU's new round of sanctions on Russia, Friday, as "essential and timely," as Moscow intensifies strikes after invading his country almost three-and-a-half years ago. "This decision is essential and timely, especially now, as a response to the fact that Russia has intensified the brutality of the strikes on our cities and villages," Zelensky said on social media.
CNA
09-07-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Pope Leo tells Ukraine's Zelenskyy that Vatican could host peace talks
VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo told visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday (Jul 9) that the Vatican is willing to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks, the Vatican said in a statement. The pope, meeting the Ukrainian leader for the second time in his two-month-old papacy, also discussed with Zelenskyy "the urgent need for a just and lasting peace," the statement said. Zelenskyy and Pope Leo held talks in Castel Gandolfo, a small Italian hill town not far from Rome, where the pope is taking a two-week vacation. The Ukrainian leader is in Italy to attend a conference on Jul 10-11 dedicated to Ukraine's recovery and long-term reconstruction following Russia's invasion. The Vatican did not say how long the meeting between Pope Leo and Zelenskyy lasted. It released a video showing Pope Leo, the first United States pontiff, asking Zelenskyy, "How are things going?" in English as the two sat in a large room together. Pope Leo, who has made appealing for peace in world conflicts a major theme of his young papacy, previously met with Zelenskyy at the Vatican on May 18.
