President Donald Trump called for the war between Russia and Ukraine as part of his first sit-down interview since his return to the White House. Vladimir Putin Should never have launched his large -scale invasion in 2022.
Trump told Fox News presenter Sean Hannity that an estimated 850,000 Russian soldiers and 700,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since the start of the war.
“These are people who are just being slaughtered with millions on this battlefield. They have already died, and the cities – the cities are as demolition locations,” he said in an interview that was broadcast on “Hannity on Thursday.”
An indoor view shows a kindergarten, which, according to Ukrainian military officials, was damaged by shelling, in Stanytsia Luhanska in the Loehansk region, Ukraine, on this issuing photo released on 17 February 2022. Press service of the Joint Forces Operation/Presentation via Reuters (Press service of the State Assistance Service of Ukraine/Hand-Out via Reuters)
The 47th President criticized former President Joe Biden because he had ‘admitted’ the war. He claimed that the energy policy of his predecessor Putin had made it richer.
“Putin shouldn’t have done it either. I mean, I don’t just blame what – Putin shouldn’t have done it. He shouldn’t have done it, and it should stop, “said Trump.
He threatened the autocratic leader In a truth social post Wednesday, in which he called on him to close a deal, otherwise he would experience more economic pressure.
“Make a decision now and stop this ridiculous war! It will only get worse. If we do not close ‘deal’, and soon, I have no choice but to raise high taxes, Rates and sanctions On everything Russia sells to the United States and various other participating countries, “wrote Trump.
On July 19, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin is a meeting with members of the government for a video conference in the Kremlin in Moscow. ((Photo by Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images))
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He told reporters in the White House on Thursday The Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenskij Has already told him that he is willing to negotiate the war.
“He has had enough,” Trump told Hannity. “He shouldn’t have let this happen either. You know, if he is not an angel, he should not have let this war take place. First, he fights against a much larger entity, okay? Much bigger. “
The Ukrainian President VolodyMyr Zensky, second from the left, looks at a map during his visit to the Ukrainian 110th Mechanized Brigade in Avdiivka, the place of fierce fighting with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on December 29, 2023 (Ukrainian presidential press service via AP)
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“Zenskyy fought against a much larger entity – much larger, much more powerful. He should not have done that because we could have closed a deal and it would have been a deal that would have been there – it would have been a deal of nothing. “said Trump. “I could have closed that deal so easily, and Zenskyy decided:” I want to fight. “
Reuters reported that in November That Putin is open to discussion about a peace plan. Allegedly he could agree to freeze the conflict along the current lines.
Five current and former Russian officials told the newspaper that Moscow would not tolerate that Ukraine would become a member of NATO, nor that it would allow the presence of NATO troops on Ukrainian territory.
A public space in Kiev has been transformed into a tribute to Ukrainian flags, each representing a death as a result of the war. (Simon Owen/Foxnieuws)
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Trumps special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, ret. Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, said “America Reports” earlier this month That he would like to see that the war will come to an end within a hundred days of the arrival of Trump.
