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dpatopbilder - Volodymyr Zelenskyi, President of Ukraine, pauses during an interview with FOX News in Washington. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP/dpa
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In the view of Kiev political scientist Volodymyr Fessenko, the breakdown of the US-Ukrainian talks in the White House is an expression of an intergovernmental "crisis" between the USA and Ukraine. "I expected something like this for the future peace talks, but it happened some time earlier," wrote the expert close to the president on Facebook.
The emotionality of President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump and a "provocative role" by US Vice President J.D. Vance led to the scandal. "In all likelihood, the topic of peace talks is off the table for a while," said Fessenko.
Trump had sharply rebuked Zelensky in the White House the previous day and called on him to strive for peace. The Ukrainian was ungrateful because he had only lasted so long in the Russian war of aggression thanks to US weapons. The talks were broken off. Zelensky left the White House early without signing a planned agreement on US access to Ukrainian raw materials. Trump later wrote on his social network Truth Social that Zelenskyi was not ready for peace. When he was ready, he could come back.
The US has so far been Ukraine's main supporter in the form of arms supplies and aid money in its more than three-year defense against a Russian invasion.
01.03.2025, 11:17
