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  • Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel

    10/09/2026 10:37:48 PM PDT · by McGruff · 35 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Oct 9, 2026 | Robert Tait
    Donald Trump was on a fresh collision course with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European allies on Friday after a stunning agreement to buy Russian diesel, upending years of US and western pressure on the Kremlin to end its four-and-a-half year war against Ukraine. Zelenskyy reacted furiously to Trump’s announcement of the deal with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, calling it “absolutely terrible” and “not fair and not honest”. Zelenskyy, who told Axios that it “looks like a happy birthday present for Putin. It looks absolutely terrible.” The Russian leader turned 74 earlier this week. In a long social...
  • Ukraine blast Donald Trump with sarcastic message months after White House furore ("Today Zelensky played the King of Drones")

    06/03/2025 12:30:24 PM PDT · by dennisw · 105 replies
    MSM --- Daily Express UK ^ | 6-3 | Story by John Varga, John O'Sullivan
    "They (Ukraine) don't have any cards, but they play it tough. But we're not going to let this continue." (Trump said this three months ago during the Trump, Zelensky, JDVance, Marco Rubio press conference White House) In a cheeky nod to Trump's card analogy, the Business Ukraine journal posted a succinct seven-word taunt aimed at Trump. "Today Zelensky played the King of Drones," they wrote following news of the (audacious) aerial strikes. Illia Ponomarenko, a Ukrainian defense journalist, made a pointed reference to Zelensky's public humiliation in the Oval Office. "This is what happens when a proud nation under attack...