US President Donald Trump is the most controversial statement on Ukraine and its president, Voldime Zelensky, praises the progress made in US and Russia’s talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and During the worst of the time, we made many false and misleading statements. Here we see his point.
Ukraine’s responsibility to start a war
“But today I heard: ‘Oh, well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you were there for three years. It must be completed for three years. You probably never started it. You could have made a deal. ”
Fact: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was not provoked and widely condemned as an offensive act by the international community.
Leading to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Zelenki repeatedly offered to meet his Russian counterpart. Five days before Russian troops rolled over to Ukraine, Zelensky said: “We’re ready to sit down and talk. Choose the platform of your choice.”
To stop Moscow from launching an invasion, the US will declassify and release intelligence report exposing Russian plan of attack, warning that severe economic sanctions will continue if the Kremlin progresses.
Days and weeks after the invasion, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators held several consultations in Belarus and Türkiye. However, Russia’s demands were maximalists, including partial demilitarization of Ukraine.
Former British Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace called Trump’s claim “straight from the Kremlin topic.”
Zelenskyy is deeply unpopular and blocks elections
“We have a situation where we are not holding elections in Ukraine. Well, we are essentially martial law in Ukraine, meaning I hate to say that, but he is a 4% approval rating And the country was blown away by Smithalene. You got that most of the cities lie on their side.”
Fact: Zelenskyy’s popularity has declined since the start of the full-scale invasion, but a February poll by the Kyiv Institute of International Sociology found that 57% of Ukrainians trusted the president since 52% in December. I knew there was.
Polls show that most Ukrainians and politicians critical of Zelensky believe this is not the right time for election.
“Our position is that there is no room for politics during the war. There is no room for election,” said Valentyn, the MP for former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former head of SBU security agencies. Nalyvaichenko said.
He said: “It will be the end for Ukraine. Starting political or election campaigns would mean Putin’s victory the next day.”
The US gives more assistance to Ukraine than Europe
“They have to find out where the money goes. I think President Zelensky said last week that they don’t know where half of the money we gave him is. Well, we’ve given them three. Let’s say we gave us $500 billion (and £278 too) and that’s less. But there’s a lot, and Europe gives us a much smaller percentage than that, so we We must be equal to Europe.
“I think Europe gave us $100 billion, but we gave them over $300, for example. It’s more important to them than we do. There’s a sea in between, but it’s not. But all the money given Where is it? Where do you go? And I’ve never seen the accounting for it. We give hundreds of millions of dollars.”
Fact: There are many numbers swirling with different methodologies used to calculate individual contributions.
The Kiel Institute for Ukraine Support Trackers in the World Economy, Europe counted as the total of EU and individual member states – 132.3 billion euros ($10009.6 billion/$137.9 billion) in Ukraine support It indicates that it has been assigned. US. According to the tracker, it has committed an additional 115 billion euros.
Apart from EU institutions, Germany and the UK are third and fourth national contributors, respectively. The United States is the first.
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The biggest contributions as a percentage of GDP were made by Estonia and Denmark (2.5%), Lithuania (2.1%), Latvia (1.8%), Finland (1.3%), Sweden and Poland (1.2%).
On Tuesday, European Commission’s Ursula von der Leyen spoke to him about “the EU’s important role in ensuring Ukraine’s financial stability and defense.” Other Allies.”
Last week, NATO executive director Mark Latte said in 2024:
Wallace also called out Trump in an X post for his comments, saying on Wednesday it was “actually Europe giving more” and “real fake news.”
Wallace said: “The majority of the aid has actually been spent by donating countries on their own alternatives to gift kits. So some large sums are “spin.” For example, the US has only been sent $100 billion, $175 billion, directly aid to Ukraine, spending at least $25 billion on its own restocking. ”
Russia has not deployed full military potential in Ukraine
“Russia is not going to destroy Kiev. If they wanted it, they would have done it. Russia can wipe out 100% of Ukrainian cities, including Kiev, but now They’re only attacking at 20%.”
Fact: Russia unleashed the full power of its military, including missiles and long-range artillery, in Ukrainian cities, causing widespread destruction, especially in the eastern part.
As stockpiles drop, Moscow has turned its eye on North Korean missiles and continues to attack Ukrainian cities. There is no indication that Russia is stockpiling weapons or suppressing military capabilities in battle.
Russia wants to stop the war
“Well, I’m much more confident (about the lecture). They were very good. Russia wants to do something. They want to stop the wild bark.”
Fact: Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, have repeatedly stated that they will not halt the fight in Ukraine until all Moscow goals are met, either through diplomacy or military force.
Putin has previously called for “demilitarization of Ukraine” and has said he wants to have full control over four regions of Ukraine and four regions in the southern part.
Intelligence reporting agencies from the US and allies, cited in US media on Tuesday, say Putin still wants to control all Ukraine, according to four Western Intelligence reporting directors and two US Congress officials. This suggested.
