President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s comparability of Russia’s struggle towards Ukraine to “youngsters preventing in a park” throughout his interview with ABC Information revealed on June 6.
"We aren’t children with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin on the playground within the park," Zelensky mentioned, as quoted by the TV community. "He’s a assassin who got here to this park to kill the youngsters."
The U.S. president, who has repeatedly claimed he alone can convey an finish to the struggle, mentioned on June 5 that it may be greatest to not intervene in Russia’s struggle towards Ukraine for now.
"Generally you see two younger youngsters preventing like loopy,” Trump mentioned at a gathering with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the White Home. “They hate one another, they usually’re preventing in a park, and also you try to pull them aside. They don’t wish to be pulled. Generally you’re higher off letting them combat for some time after which pulling them aside."
Trump's assertion got here amid stalled negotiations, rising casualties from Russian drone strikes, and Russia's refusal to make any concessions.
Kyiv has repeatedly urged Russia to simply accept a Western-backed 30-day ceasefire as step one towards a broader peace deal — a transfer that Moscow once more rejected through the newest spherical of negotiations in Istanbul on June 2.
Within the interview with ABC Information, Zelensky additionally spoke of the "limitless" ache endured by a Ukrainian father who misplaced his spouse and three youngsters in a missile strike.
Zelensky added that Trump "couldn’t really feel totally and perceive this ache."
"And it’s not about President Trump, it’s about any one that is just not right here within the nation, who is a few 1000’s of miles away — (they) can not really feel totally and perceive this ache," Zelensky mentioned, as quoted by ABC Information.
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