U.S. President Donald Trump has made many controversial statements about Ukraine and its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and at the worst, outright false and misleading statements, while praising Progress of US-Russia negotiations held by the United States and Russia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Here, we look at his claim.
“But today I heard it:'Oh well, we weren't invited. Well, you've been there for three years. You should have been over for three years. You should never start it. You could have reached an agreement. ”
fact: Russia's invasion of Ukraine is undoubtedly and has been widely condemned by the international community as an act of aggression.
Under the leadership of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Zelensky repeatedly proposed to meet with his Russian counterparts. Zelenskyy said that the six days after the Russian army entered Ukraine, we were ready to sit down and speak. Choose your favorite platform. ”
To stop Moscow from launching an invasion, the United States declassified and released an intelligence report that exposed Russia's attack plan, warning that if the Kremlin imposes severe economic sanctions.
In the days and weeks after the invasion, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators held several rounds of talks in Belarus and Türkiye. However, Russia’s demands are the biggest stakeholders, including partly demilitarization of Ukraine, effectively undermining the country’s ability to defend itself in the future.
The former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace described Trump's statement as "pointing out directly from the Kremlin conversation."
"Our situation is that Ukraine has no elections. Well, we have martial law, essentially Ukrainian martial law, I mean Ukrainian leadership Approval quota and where a country is blown to Smithsonian. Most of your cities lie on either side of them. ”
fact: Zelenskyy's popularity has been declining since the start of the full invasion, but a poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found that 57% of Ukrainians in Ukraine trusted the president, compared with 52% a month ago above 52%.
Polls show that most Ukrainians and politicians who criticize Zelenskyy believe that now is not the right time for an election.
“Our position is that during the war there is no political space, especially for elections,” said former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a member of the MP for the motherland party, who was once the head of the SBU Security Bureau. .
"This will be the end of Ukraine. Starting political or electoral activities will mean a victory for Putin the next day," he said.
"They have to find out where the money goes. I believe President Zelensky said last week that he doesn't know where half of the money we gave him is. Well, we gave them, I believe $35 billion (£278 million) , but assuming this is not yet. But this is a lot, we have to balance it with Europe because the percentage of Europe is much smaller than this.
"I think Europe has offered $100 billion in price, and it can be said that we have given $300 or more, which is more important to them than to us. There is an ocean between us and they don't. But all Where is the money? Where is it going? And I've never seen its accountant. We donated hundreds of billions of dollars."
fact: There are many numbers around, using different methods to calculate personal contributions.
Ukrainian support trackers at the Kiel World Economics Institute show that Europe, seen as the sum of the EU and individual member states, has allocated 132.3 billion euros (£1009.5 billion/$137.8 billion), providing 114.2 million euros to Ukraine U.S. According to Tracker, it also promised 15 billion euros.
In addition to EU institutions, Germany and the United Kingdom are the largest national contributors, third and fourth respectively. The United States is number one.
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The greatest support for GDP contribution was made by Estonia and Denmark (2.5%), Lithuania (2.1%), Latvia (1.8%), Finland (1.3%), Sweden and Poland (1.2%).
On Tuesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen raised this point to the U.S.-Ukrainian Envoy Keith Kellogg.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said last week that in 2024: “NATO allies have provided more than €50 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, with nearly 60% of which comes from Europe and Canada.”
The former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace also called on Trump to comment in an article on X, calling them "real fake news" because "in fact, Europe More than the United States.”
"The donor states actually spend a large portion of the aid in place of gifted kits. So some big sums are "spin". For example, the United States only provides Ukraine with $100 billion as direct aid," Wallace said. and at least $25 billion will be spent on their own."
"Russia They are not going to destroy Keefe, they will do it if they want. Russia has the ability to eliminate 100% of Ukrainian cities including Kiev, but at present, their offense is only 20%. ”
fact: Russia unleashed all its military power in Ukrainian cities, including missiles and long-range artillery, causing extensive damage, especially in the East.
As inventory declined, Moscow turned to North Korean missiles, which continued to attack Ukrainian cities. There is no indication that Russia has been storing weapons or blocking its military capabilities in combat.
"Okay, more confident (about negotiations). They're good. Russia wants to do something. They want to stop barbarism."
fact: Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin, have repeatedly stated that they will not stop fighting in Ukraine until all Moscow's goals reach diplomatic or military power.
Putin had previously demanded "demilitarization of Ukraine" and said he wanted full control of the eastern and southern Ukrainian regions: Donetsk, Hosen, Zaporizhiya and Luhansk, now completely occupied by Moscow.
According to four Western intelligence officials and two U.S. Congress officials, intelligence cited by U.S. media on Tuesday showed that Putin still wants to control all Ukraine.