NYT: Trump tells Zelenskiy that Russia and Ukraine must find their own solution to the war
US President Donald Trump has told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders that Russia and Ukraine should find a solution to the war on their own. The New York Times was told by six unnamed officials familiar with the discussion.
According to them, Trump made this statement after a phone call with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on May 19.
The unnamed interlocutors said the US president has backed down from his own threats to join a European pressure campaign that would include new sanctions against Russia.
And if he does not change his course, Putin will get what he wanted: an end to American pressure and a "deep split" between NATO, the United States and Europe.
As for Trump's threats of sanctions against other countries, an unnamed White House official told the NYT that the situation is different with Russia.
- may 20 Trump commented on his conversation with Putin and said that the tone and spirit of the conversation "was great".
- US Secretary of State Rubio said that Trump did not make any concessions to Putin in the phone conversation.