Has the moment arrived when Donald Trump abandons the last iota of his support for Ukraine in the war against Russia? Taking to his social media platform, Truth, the American President appeared to suggest so. Referring to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump wrote, ‘He can have peace, or he can fight for another three years before losing the country’.
The latest trigger for Trump’s ire against Zelensky appears to be the Ukrainian President’s firm rejection of any peace deal that included Ukraine having to concede Crimea – illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 – as legal Russian territory. ‘Ukraine does not legally recognise the occupation of Crimea. There’s nothing to talk about,’ Zelensky said last night.
In his Truth Social statement, Trump accused Zelensky’s comments of being ‘inflammatory’ and ‘very harmful’ to the peace process, insisting that ‘nobody is asking Zelensky to recognise Crimea as Russian territory’ and claiming that the territory is ‘not even a point of discussion’.
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