Zel’s impossible position: Letters to the Editor — April 25, 2025

The Issue: President Trump pushing Ukraine to accept a deal that would turn control of Crimea over to Russia.

President Trump’s constant refrain that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “has no cards” coldly reveals a contemptuous attitude toward a pro-Western nation that has its back up against the wall (“Trump’s Ukraine Mire,” Editorial, April 24).

Judging from the administration’s abysmal silence on Russia’s wanton breaches of two recent cease-fire agreements, and given all the concessions Team Trump is now willing to grant to that revanchist regime, one has to wonder if Mad Vlad has an American ace up his sleeve.

Clearly Trump is no Ronald Reagan.

James Hyland

Beechhurst

Zelensky has seemingly run out of options and must now face reality (“Don pushes Kyiv to take deal,” April 24).

Without the complete backing of Trump, he can’t win the war and risks losing more territory, more soldiers and maybe even his presidency.

Crimea has been in Russian control for years, and he’s not getting it back. Russia will be content to play the long game, and Trump is close to cutting aid , which will only embolden Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Take the deal, Volodymyr. Before it’s too late.

Rob Feuerstein

Staten Island

Zelensky’s effort to get Ukraine membership in NATO has resulted in a disastrous three-year war.

Zelensky’s like a gambler at the poker table who has lost all his money, billions of American dollars and billions of Euros, plus a generation of men and a good chunk of his country —and he refuses to acknowledge that he is running out of chips.

Donathan Salkaln

Manhattan

I am a 76-year-old English man. My view and the view of so many English people is that we don’t have much time for your President Donald Trump.

He’s considered bully and a little bit of a thug who should never have ever been voted in as president.

His treatment of Ukraine is a disgrace, and he is very much on the side of Russia. He is selling it out by telling Putin (a war criminal) he can keep Crimea and most of the land Russia has stolen from Ukraine.

Barry Hurst

Wigan, UK

The Issue: Lawmakers’ consideration of a bill that would legalize assisted suicide for terminal patients.

Not satisfied with removing all restrictions against abortion, including up to the moment of birth, New York Democrats now want to pass a bill legalizing assisted suicide (“Pols eye assisted suicide,” April 23).

It is becoming increasingly clear that the “D” following these lawmakers’ names stands for “death.”

Dennis Ricupero

Port Chester

It’s unfortunate that The Post chose to use the term “assisted suicide” in its headline to describe the Medical Aid in Dying Act.

People who, as required in this bill, have less than six months to live want nothing more than to live, but they won’t. They are dying.

Given that most devastating news, they should at least have a modicum of control over their last days.

This bill would give them that gift, when they have to face losing everything else, and the potential of extreme pain that sometimes can’t be controlled.

The very well-written bill, which has extraordinary safeguards and is based on decades of experience around the country in the 11 jurisdictions that allow it, would permit a person to die peacefully at home at a time of their choosing and surrounded by their loved ones. I want that choice.

Karin Johnson

Rockville Centre

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