Donald Trump Branded 'Putin's Puppet' After Blaming Zelenskyy For Peace Talks Failure |
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands at the start of a joint news conference following a meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club last month.
Donald Trump has been branded “Putin’s puppet” after he blamed Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his failure to end the war in Ukraine.
The US president said Vladimir Putin was “ready to make a deal”, but it was being blocked by the Ukrainian leader.
His comments come despite the fact that Russia has rejected every peace offer so far and is continuing to bomb Ukraine.
Speaking to Reuters, Trump said of Putin: “I think he’s ready to make a deal. I think Ukraine is less ready to make a deal.”
Asked why his attempts at ending the war had so far failed, Trump replied: “Zelenskyy.”
Under Trump’s peace proposals, Zelenskyy would need to give up land which is already occupied by Russia – something........