In just three days, US President Donald Trump has changed his mind on a seemingly simple question - who is the aggressor and who is the victim in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
On Tuesday, Trump said that Ukraine "never should have started" the war three years ago, which prompted criticism at home and abroad. In an interview with Fox News radio on Friday, Trump said that Russia invaded Ukraine on the orders of Vladimir Putin.
This is a radical change in the position of the US leader, who finally admitted that Russia was the one who invaded Ukraine, writes The Guardian. Trump added that Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, and then-US President Joe Biden, should have prevented the war (it is not clear how). "They shouldn't have let him attack," Trump said.
Washington and Moscow have announced that talks are underway between the two countries about holding a meeting between Trump and Putin, but no date has been set yet. Trump, who promised to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours, has not yet set a concrete plan for how to do so weeks after taking office. Relations between the new US administration and Kiev have reached a dangerous point after Trump called Zelensky a dictator and threatened to cut aid to Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump has expressed his expectation that his country will soon sign an agreement with Ukraine over its valuable minerals, the "Reuters" agency reported. "We will sign an agreement, hopefully in the next short period of time", Trump told reporters in the Oval Office yesterday when asked if there was a deal for the so-called rare earth elements, BTA writes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who rejected the initial version of the text, said last night in his evening video address that the two sides are "working on a draft agreement". "I hope for a result - a fair result", he stressed, without giving details.