Posted on 03/08/2025 7:08:23 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine’s opposition leaders have confirmed they have held discussions with members of Donald Trump’s entourage, but denied on Thursday they were part of a reported White House plot to remove Volodymyr Zelenskyy from power.
The former president Petro Poroshenko said he had held talks with US representatives but added that he opposed Trump’s demands for wartime elections. Poroshenko, who lost to Zelenskyy in the 2019 presidential vote, said a poll should only be held once martial law ends.
Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s former prime minister, said she also opposes elections while fighting continues. She said her team was “talking with all our allies who can help in securing a just peace as soon as possible”.
The online newspaper Politico reported that the secret discussions took place as part of an attempt by the White House to remove Zelenskyy from his post. Four senior members of Trump’s team were involved, it said, adding they believed Ukraine’s president would lose a vote.
Under Ukraine’s constitution elections are suspended while martial law is in force. Last month, however, Donald Trump echoed Kremlin disinformation by calling Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections” who had done “a terrible job” and had a “4% poll rating”.
Other administration officials including Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence, have wrongly claimed Kyiv has cancelled elections. Last week, meanwhile, Trump and the US vice-president, JD Vance, berated Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, accusing him of ingratitude and of not wanting peace.
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Poroschenko is more anti-Russia than “The Little Man in the Green Shirt”.
Schadenfreude.
LOL!
Ukraine opposition leaders: “Hey, if we were plotting to oust zElensky, we would TOTALLY tell him! And we’d contact the SBU, too!”
Hillary’s idea of taking over Canada with fake refugees is working quite well.
Wait; so now we’re invading Canada? First it was Greenland; didn’t happen. Then it was Panama; didn’t happen. Who’s next?
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