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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed frustration that the Iran war has stalled peace talks — and that President Trump wasn’t putting more pressure on Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin to end the four-year long bloodbath.
A crucial trilateral meeting scheduled for next week between the US, Ukraine and Russia has been postponed at the request of the White House, Zelensky said.
It reportedly came after Washington said it could only take part in talks on home soil due to the conflict in Iran, and the Kremlin was unwilling to travel to the US.
Moscow’s reticence came even though Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev traveled to Florida Wednesday to meet with US envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, Zelensky said.
The exasperation over the delay in peace negotiations had a fed-up Zelensky compare the drama to a “soap opera” in Ukrainian media this week.
He also told Politico Europe Ukrainians were “tired” and urged Trump to put more pressure on Putin, “not on me,” during an exclusive interview in the presidential palace in Kyiv.
“I trust that Americans really want to finish with this war. I hope that they will help us, but we need more pressure on Russia, not on me,” he said.
Ukraine still hasn’t received a clear answer on what US-backed security guarantees for Ukraine would look like after an end to the fighting., he told the outlet.
Meanwhile, a Russian barrage killed at least eight civilians and wounded 46 more across Ukraine overnight.
Putin’s troops fired 430 drones and 68 missiles, Ukraine’s Air Force said.
“The main target for the Russians was the energy infrastructure of the Kyiv region, but unfortunately, there were also direct hits on and damage to ordinary residential buildings, schools, and civilian businesses,” Zelensky wrote on X Saturday.
“Russia will try to exploit the war in the Middle East to cause even greater destruction here in Europe, in Ukraine.”
The last round of trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the US was back on Feb. 16 in Geneva.
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