President Donald Trump went off on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the latter criticized a U.S. peace plan.
Zelenskyy said, “Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Ukraine.”
Zelenskyy is correct when he said the country’s constitution forbids it from recognizing Crimea as part of Russia.
Also, most Ukrainians want Crimea back. The snatch even upset Putin’s puppet, ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
Trump responded on Truth Social:
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is boasting on the front page of The Wall Street Journal that, “Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea. There’s nothing to talk about here.” This statement is very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia in that Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President Barack Hussein Obama, and is not even a point of discussion. Nobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as Russian Territory but, if he wants Crimea, why didn’t they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired? The area also houses, for many years before “the Obama handover,” major Russian submarine bases. It’s inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy’s that makes it so difficult to settle this War. He has nothing to boast about! The situation for Ukraine is dire — He can have Peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole Country. I have nothing to do with Russia, but have much to do with wanting to save, on average, five thousand Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week, who are dying for no reason whatsoever. The statement made by Zelenskyy today will do nothing but prolong the “killing field,” and nobody wants that! We are very close to a Deal, but the man with “no cards to play” should now, finally, GET IT DONE. I look forward to being able to help Ukraine, and Russia, get out of this Complete and Total MESS, that would have never started if I were President!
This also confirms what I always say: This war started in 2014. It didn’t start four years ago.
The war started in 2014. Russia snatched Crimea from Ukraine without a peep from the West, except for its usual strongly worded letters.
Also, as I said before, Trump says the quiet parts out loud. NATO won’t bring in Ukraine. Everyone, including former President Joe Biden, knows Ukraine has to concede some land to Russia. The Wall Street Journal added:
British and French officials are open to a scenario where Ukraine would accept the loss of control of some of the territories taken by Russia in exchange for security guarantees and economic support, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said. But France and the U.K. would prefer a deal that acknowledges control of territories seized by Russia from Ukraine before the war only in a de facto way, like the cease-fire that ended the Korean War. A spokesperson for the U.K.’s foreign office said the U.K. shares the U.S.’s desire to end the war and “is working closely with our allies in support of this effort.”As the front line has hardened over the past two years—with Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive failing to retake much territory and Moscow making only plodding gains since then—the Ukrainian public has slowly been warming to the idea that ending the war might require some kind of territorial concession.A poll conducted earlier this year by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found that 39% of Ukrainians would be willing to give up territory as part of a deal to end the conflict, up from 8% in late 2022. Still, 50% of Ukrainians remain opposed to territorial concessions.
If the EU cared about Ukraine and wanted to take a real stand against Putin, then it would have brought it into the EU years ago. The same goes with NATO.
But we know that the EU has spent more money on fossil fuels from Russia than it has sent to Ukraine.
None of them have actually confronted Putin, unlike Trump. It’s not like it would only be between Putin and Trump.
Another fact: Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t stop. He will never stop, no matter what.
You know Putin has been looooooving all of this since late February 2014. I swear it gives him joy to watch the West tie itself into a pretzel over Ukraine, knowing full well he holds all of the cards, especially since he controls the fossil fuels.
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