{"id":1932,"date":"2025-04-14T18:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T10:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/84news.top\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2025-04-14T18:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T10:27:11","slug":"trump-blames-zelensky-for-millions-of-deaths-in-russian-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfclub.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/trump-blames-zelensky-for-millions-of-deaths-in-russian-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump blames Zelensky for 'millions' of deaths in Russian invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Trump — who had a blazing public row in the Oval Office with Zelensky six weeks ago — said the Ukranian shared the blame with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who ordered the February 2022 invasion, and then-US president Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

The Republican told reporters that there were “millions of people dead because of three people.” <\/p>\n

“Let’s say Putin number one, but let’s say Biden, who had no idea what the hell he was doing, number two, and Zelensky,” Trump said during a meeting with the visiting president of El Salvador.<\/p>\n

Trump then doubled down on his attack on Zelensky.<\/p>\n

“He’s always looking to purchase missiles,” he said dismissively of the Ukrainian leader’s attempts to maintain his country’s defense against the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n

“When you start a war, you got to know that you can win the war,” Trump said. “You don’t start a war against somebody that’s 20 times your size, and then hope that people give you some missiles.”<\/p>\n

Relations between Trump and Zelensky have been tense ever since the US president stunned the world by opening talks with Russia in February.<\/p>\n

In the run-up to their televised row on February 28 Trump repeatedly echoed Moscow’s talking points — blaming Ukraine for the war and calling Zelensky a “dictator without elections.”<\/p>\n

Zelensky has since tried to patch things up, including sending a delegation to Washington last week to discuss a mineral deal Trump has called for, that would give the US preferential access to Ukrainian natural resources.<\/p>\n

But the US leader has stepped up his rhetoric in the last few days.<\/p>\n

Trump however insisted a deal to end the Ukraine war was possible, despite Ukrainian accusations that Moscow is stalling.<\/p>\n

“I want to stop the killing, and I think we’re doing well in that regard. I think you’ll have some very good proposals very soon,” Trump said.<\/p>\n

Trump’s comments came despite a deadly Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday that killed at least 35 people, one of the deadliest attacks of the war.<\/p>\n

The US president said on Sunday that the attack was a “mistake” but did not elaborate. Russia insisted Monday that its missiles hit a meeting of Ukrainian army commanders.<\/p>\n

Zelensky urged US counterpart Donald Trump in a CBS interview broadcast Sunday to visit his country to better understand the devastation wrought by Russia’s invasion.<\/p>\n

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Washington (AFP) \u2013 <\/span> US President Donald Trump resumed his attempts Monday to blame Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia’s invasion, falsely accusing him of responsibility for “millions” of deaths. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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