Trump calls for replacing Ukraine's Zelenskyy in tussle over diesel deal with Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday called for Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and railed against Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, a day after announcing a diesel supply deal with Russia that drew a sharp rebuke from Zelenskyy. "I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals, but for some reason he never does," Trump…
On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump urged Ukraine to replace its current leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while criticizing Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil infrastructure. This came a day after Trump announced a diesel supply deal with Russia, which Zelenskyy strongly condemned. Trump suggested during a press conference at the White House that Ukraine needs a new president who is capable of making such deals.
Zelenskyy retaliated with some of his strongest criticism yet of the White House, expressing dissatisfaction with Trump's deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The deal involves lifting sanctions on Russian diesel, which has become a political issue for Trump's Republican Party as they face midterm elections. In response to the lifting of sanctions, the Russian government announced on Saturday that it had begun exporting diesel again.
Zelenskyy acknowledged this move, mentioning that Russia had dropped five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia in retaliation for the move.
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