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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that Russia is serious about pursuing peace on Sunday.
Manufactured by Zelenskyy In an interview with ABC News, a statement from “this week” with host Martha Raddatz. He argued Putin hopes the war will continue, although Ukraine still has ceasefire negotiations.
When asked about Trump’s views on Putin, Zelenskyy said, “I think it’s just his personal opinion with all the due respect for President Trump.” “Believe me, we understand Russians better than Americans, Russian mentality. I definitely know Putin doesn’t want to stop the war.”
He continued to postpone Trump’s metaphor, likening the Russian-Ukrainian war to two children fighting in the park.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Putin had no intention of allowing the Ukrainian war to end. (Getty Image)
“We are not playing with the Russians like two boys, two kids. Putin is not the same kid. So we can’t compare, we can’t say it’s okay, let them fight for a while.” Missile strike.
He added: “That’s why we are not kids on the playground. Putin is a murderer who comes to the park to kill children.”
Trump gave it Last week, German Chancellor Friederich Merz made an analogy of state visits to the Oval Office.
U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met on June 5, 2025 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
“Sometimes, you’ll see two young kids fighting wildly – they hate each other and they’re fighting in the park and you try to pull them away, they don’t want to be pulled,” Trump said. “Sometimes, it’s better to have them fight for a while and then pull them away.”
Trump said he made an analogy on a phone call with Putin last week and said he told the Kremlin chief: “Maybe you will have to continue fighting and suffering.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a cabinet meeting at a video conference at a residence in the Novo-Gogaryovo state outside Moscow, Russia. (Gavriil Grigorov, satellite, Kremlin pool photo via AP)
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So far, Ukraine and Russia have held two rounds of peace negotiations with little to no tangible results.
Fox News’s Brie Stimson contributed to the report.
