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Ukraine reports top-level contacts with Trump administration aides
Reuters AOL ^ | 2/4/2025 | Tom Balmforth

Posted on 02/04/2025 6:01:52 PM PST by marcusmaximus

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday his team spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser and his top envoy on the war in Ukraine this week, and that they were working to arrange a visit by a U.S. delegation.

Kyiv has been trying to establish close relations with the new administration of Trump, who has said he wants to bring a quick end to the nearly three-year-old war with Russia.

"We already have working dates when the American team will arrive. Now the dates and members of the delegation are being agreed upon, and we are waiting for the team. We will work together," he told a press briefing.

He said his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, had spoken with Trump's National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and that his team had spoken to Keith Kellogg, Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, the day before.

In a readout of the call with Waltz, Yermak said he had spoken about the situation on the battlefield and progress with the mobilisation to replenish Ukrainian manpower.

(Excerpt) Read more at aol.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: anydaynowukrainewins; karendoinkkiev; kievkaren; tombalmforth; tomblart; ukraine; zelvisvictoryparade

1 posted on 02/04/2025 6:01:52 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus
Perhaps your Zelensky and your Vindman shouldn't have colluded with Democrats in 2019 to impeach Trump. Maybe that was a bad move.

2 posted on 02/04/2025 6:04:18 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: marcusmaximus

I’m more interested in whether Trump will send anyone to see the President of Ukraine...rather than just some civilian who fantasizes to be such.


3 posted on 02/04/2025 6:04:55 PM PST by BobL
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Putin’s botched invasion of Ukraine ends on Easter.


4 posted on 02/04/2025 6:06:48 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

“Perhaps your Zelensky and your Vindman shouldn’t have colluded with Democrats in 2019 to impeach Trump. Maybe that was a bad move.”

Good point.


5 posted on 02/04/2025 6:09:30 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Hell, Zelinsky flew to Pennsylvania in October in a C-17 to campaign for Kamala!


6 posted on 02/04/2025 6:19:23 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

“Perhaps your Zelensky and your Vindman shouldn’t have colluded with Democrats in 2019 to impeach Trump. Maybe that was a bad move.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

What are you talking about? Or, what have you just imagined?
It’s exactly the CONTRARY to what you said that happened!

PROOF:
Trump thanks Zelensky for getting him off ‘hoax’ impeachment. Republican says Ukrainian president supported him over 2019 blackmail allegations as two met at Trump Tower

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/09/27/donald-trump-thanks-zelensky-getting-off-hoax-impeachment/


7 posted on 02/04/2025 6:42:12 PM PST by USA-FRANCE (The Iran-Russia-North Korea-China Alliance is at war against Israel and Ukraine. Let's not forget.)
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To: USA-FRANCE
Telegraph --- "Sign up to read this article free / Your email / Email address / You’ll receive regular news updates"

So many "news" entities want your email. because you -- we -- are the data to be solkf to others.

Interesting that what can be seen from the page states "as two met at Trump Tower."

Is Zelenksy in New York? Didn't think so. That was in September, before the election, and news said it was "tense." Are you a subscriber to the Telegraph? Looks like it.

As to Zelensky and Trump: Trump says Ukraine's Zelensky wants Democrats to win U.S. presidential election Reuters via Globe and Mail, 24 September 2024.

8 posted on 02/04/2025 6:56:15 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman
--- "Perhaps your Zelensky and your Vindman shouldn't have colluded with Democrats in 2019 to impeach Trump. Maybe that was a bad move."

Campaigning for Harris-Walz in late September of last year didn't exactly endear him to President Trump, either.

From far into the Reuters article:

"Responding to Trump's comments, Zelenskiy told reporters at a briefing in Kyiv that: 'I talked about this back in September, when we had a meeting with President Trump'."

9 posted on 02/04/2025 7:00:24 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: marcusmaximus

Zelensky has said in the past he does not want to work with Trumps Delegation
but wants to meet directly with Trump. Trumps Delegation will lay the law down
to the Global Homo.

No YouCrayne Membership in NATO.
90 Day Pause in YouCrayne U.S. Funding.
Ruzzia Will Keep YouCrayne Territory it’s Taken.
No Nuke Weapons for YouCrayne.
No U.S. Troops In YouCrayne


10 posted on 02/04/2025 7:00:48 PM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Here it is. Trump speaking live to the camera THANKING Zelensky for his support against the 2019 hoax against Trump!

Thus, now you understand why Trump has turned against Putin and is supporting Zenelsky.

VIDEO:
Trump meets with Zelensky after all and thanks him for ending ‘impeachment hoax’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jND9e-hIHy4


11 posted on 02/04/2025 7:04:18 PM PST by USA-FRANCE (The Iran-Russia-North Korea-China Alliance is at war against Israel and Ukraine. Let's not forget.)
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12 posted on 02/04/2025 7:07:48 PM PST by Allegra (It’s MAGA time! )
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To: USA-FRANCE
Loved the couple of ten second clips before the narrator told us what we were supposed to conclude. Thanked? Actually it was "art of the deal" time, as one can see, and read:
"Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and painted a picture of an 'absolutely obliterated' Ukraine as the foreign leader is in the U.S. to present what he calls his 'victory plan' to 2024 candidates and President Joe Biden. At a campaign event in North Carolina, Trump went after Zelenskyy for 'making little nasty aspersions' toward him."

Trump lashes out at Zelenskyy after Ukraine's leader questioned his claim he could end war ABC News, September 25, 2024,

"The pair have long had a tumultuous relationship. Trump was impeached in 2019 over accusations that he pressured Zelensky to dig up damaging information on the Biden family. A rough transcript of the call revealed Trump had urged Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden, as well as Biden's son Hunter. Standing beside Zelensky on Friday, he praised the Ukrainian leader's handling of the issue."

Trump meets Zelensky and says it's time to end Russia's war BBC, 27 September 2024.

I could excerpt and cite MANY more sources for this.
Trump vs Ukraine's president: 'Zelensky is greatest salesman, wants Democrats to win' YNET, 24 September 2024.

Trump says Ukraine's Zelensky wants Democrats to win U.S. presidential election Reuters via Globe and Mail, 24 September 2024.

Zelensky Attacks Trump and Vance to U.S. Media, Tours Ammo Plant in PA at Taxpayers’ Expense Breitbart, 23 September 2024.

Your telling of the story is incomplete, and impressively so.

The Washington Times -- in its titel of both the article and YouTube clip -- says "thanked." What President Trump said verbatim was " '[Zelensky] said, ‘President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong'," Trump said as Zelensky stood silently by his side ahead of their New York City meeting. “He said it loud and clear, and the impeachment hoax died right there.” Did they disagree on others issues? Yup. Like Zelensky's campaigning for Harris-Walz, for starters.

13 posted on 02/04/2025 7:24:09 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: DesertRhino

“Hell, Zelinsky flew to Pennsylvania in October in a C-17 to campaign for Kamala!”

luckily for Zelensky, President Trump is a generous man, maybe a fault in him sometimes, but he’s willing to forgive his enemies to achieve his objectives.


14 posted on 02/05/2025 12:36:31 AM PST by rxh4n1
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To: USA-FRANCE; Worldtraveler once upon a time
If one adds up everything Trump has said about Z-Man since Trump first was President, it sort of adds up to a null program. We'll see how things pan out...
15 posted on 02/14/2025 6:06:17 PM PST by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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To: Paul R.
--- "If one adds up everything Trump has said about Z-Man since Trump first was President, it sort of adds up to a null program. We'll see how things pan out..."

A "null state" hypothesis -- neither fish nor fowl, up or down and the like -- does not characterize President Trump's policies for me. In this we disagree, but we agree that we will "see how things pan out...."

16 posted on 02/15/2025 5:22:46 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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