Trump accuses Zelensky of not wanting to end the war

Trump accuses Zelensky of not wanting to end the war The President of the United States, Donald Trump, accused the Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, today of "not wanting to end" the war with Russia, in a context of recent increased tensions between Washington and Kyiv. "With all the money that, as is well known, Europe is giving him and that 'twisted' Joe Biden [former President of the United States] gave him, he does not want to end this war and probably never wanted to," Trump wrote on his platform, Truth Social. "I want this war to end," the North American leader continued, resorting to the use of capital letters to emphasize the message and to justify recent Washington decisions favorable to Moscow. Trump also assured that Zelensky could have achieved "a better agreement than he can now" two years ago. "His country is a chaos, a large part of its territory has been lost, its oceans and seas no longer exist, and its male population is at least wounded and/or dead," he argued. The North American President defended his decision not to apply new sanctions against Russia, as well as the agreement between Washington and Moscow, announced days earlier, allowing the United States to import Russian oil. Trump further argued that if the so-called Graham Act, relating to new sanctions against Russia, were signed at this time, Russia would withdraw from negotiations. And he pointed out another argument: "Russia is doing very little to help the Islamic Republic of Iran compared to what it could be doing." "I want it to continue like this and that will be unless stupid people get in the way," he added. Finally, he insisted on the "grave damage" that the Ukrainian attacks against Russian refineries are causing, "also in the United States," in his view. Ukraine has relied on financial and military aid from Western allies since Russia invaded the country on February 24, 2022. The attacks have been intensifying in recent months on both sides of the front, causing a growing number of civilian victims, and negotiations between the two parties are at an impasse.