Ukraine war should never have started, U.S. president says
U.S. President Donald Trump said Russia's war against Ukraine began because of "incompetence," while again arguing that Moscow would not have launched its full-scale invasion had he been president at the time, DWS news reported on Oct. 10.
President Donald Trump stated that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was due to incompetence, and he claimed he would have prevented the full-scale war if he had been in office at the time. The U.S. president emphasized that the conflict should never have started, adding that Ukraine had lost 30% of its territory to Russian occupation.
Trump criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for failing to negotiate a peace deal and suggested that Ukraine should replace its current leader. He also urged Ukraine to stop targeting Russian oil refineries, stating that there were plenty of other targets available. Trump's remarks came after he reached an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to increase Russian diesel supplies to U.S. and global markets.
The deal involved supplying more than 300,000 metric tons of diesel initially, with additional shipments planned in the coming months. The U.S. Treasury subsequently issued a General License 135, permitting transactions related to the sale, delivery, offloading, and importation of Russian-origin diesel. However, Ukraine rejected Trump's demands and dismissed his decision to allow Russian diesel sales as a "weak decision on the part of strong partners." Zelenskyy argued that the agreement would fund Moscow's war against Ukraine.
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