South Korean media: "How fickle Trump is" ... FT: "Ranting and pressuring with Zelenskyy"
It has been reported that US President Donald Trump, during an informal meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy, insulted and pressured him to accept the demands of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On the 19th, according to a report by the UK's Financial Times (FT), during a meeting between the leaders of the US and Ukraine on the 17th at the White House, Trump rudely pressured Zelenskyy to accept Russia's final conditions for ending the war.
According to sources, "there were multiple loud 'arguments' during the meeting between the two heads of state, and Trump constantly insulted Zelenskyy throughout the meeting."
The report particularly mentioned that during the meeting, Trump threw out a map of the Ukrainian front line, and insisted to Zelenskyy: "I've had enough of seeing the Ukrainian front line maps," "the entire Donbas region must be given to Putin." Trump almost repeated what Putin had requested the day before in a phone call.
A European source said: "Trump told Zelenskyy, 'You have been failing in the war,' [if you don't reach an agreement, you will be destroyed. If Putin wants, he can destroy you]."
However, after being persuaded by Ukraine, Trump eventually changed his position at the end of the meeting and agreed to freeze the current frontline.
Regarding this, FT commented: "This dangerous meeting honestly shows how impulsive and fickle Trump is in handling the war issue, and how easily he agrees to Putin's 'extremist demands'."
After facilitating a truce between Israel and Hamas, Trump set ending the Russia-Ukraine war as a new goal. This meeting was held against this background. Zelenskyy's visit to the White House aimed to request support for long-range cruise missiles "Tomahawk," but he was rejected by Trump.
After the meeting, Trump told Fox News: "I am confident in ending the war," "Putin will eventually get something, and he has already occupied some areas."
It is reported that on the 16th, Putin called Trump and proposed that if Ukraine handed over the eastern Donbas region currently under its control to Russia, Russia would return some parts of the southern front lines of Kherson and Zaporozhye.
However, Ukraine's position is that it cannot hand over the Donbas to Russia, which has not yet been fully occupied.
Source: Chosun Ilbo
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