Zelensky Tells Trump Russian Actions Don’t Match Putin’s ‘Peaceful’ Rhetoric
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia's strikes on Ukraine and Vladimir Putin's domestic messaging on the war do not correspond to his "peaceful rhetoric" to US leader Donald Trump. "On the one hand, he tells the president of the United States that he wants to end the war and that this is his desire," Zelensky told journalists.
"And on the other hand, he openly communicates in the media all his messages about being ready and wanting to continue the war -- he strikes us with missiles, openly talks about it, celebrates the destruction of civilian infrastructure, gives instructions to his generals about where to advance and what to seize, and so on." Zelensky added: "In my view, these actions do not correspond to the supposedly peaceful rhetoric that he uses in dialogues with the president of the United States."
