The president of the United States, Donald Trumphe described today Wednesday, February 19, “dictator” to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodímir Zelenskiin the midst of growing tensions between kyiv and Washington.
“Zelenski, a dictator without choices, should act quickly or will not have a country”Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform about the Ukrainian leader, whose five -year mandate expired in 2024.
The Ukrainian law does not demand that elections be held in times of war.
“I love Ukraine, but Zelenski has done a terrible job, his country is shattered and millions have died unnecessarily.”he wrote, using capital letters, as he usually does.
Yesterday Tuesday, the US president already criticized the absence of elections in Ukraine since in February 2022 Russia invaded Ukrainian territory.
The legislation of Ukraine It does not require that elections be held in times of war and under martial law.
Millions of Ukrainians have fled abroad and 20% of the country are under Russian occupation.
Zelenski responded on Wednesday to his American counterpart saying that he lived in “a Russian misinformation space.”
Trump lashed out at him.
“Think about it, a successful modest comic, Volodímir Zelenskihe convinced the United States of America to spend 350 billion dollars in a war that could not be won, that he should never start but a war that he, without EU and ‘Trump’ can never resolve, “ He added in Truth Social.
The IFW Kiel Economic Institute figure American help to Ukraine at 114 thousand 200 million dollars since 2022.
Donald Trump also repeated that the Ukrainian President had “recognized” that half of the help provided by the United States to kyiv has disappeared.
“He refuses to have elections, he is very low in Ukrainian surveys, and the only thing in what was good was to manipulate” Joe Biden, Trump said about his Democratic predecessor.
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