Trump was right. This little madman will only get in the way of peace negotiations.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to a gathering in Kiev on Sunday. The speech took place as President Trump and the Trump White House prepare to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss peace negotiations with Ukraine.
Zelensky told the “Ukraine. Year 2025” forum that he was not recognizing any debt to the US.
Via Russia Today.
Speaking at the ‘Ukraine. Year – 2025’ forum in Kiev on Sunday, Zelensky stated that “Ukraine received $100 billion [in aid] from the US, not $350, not $500, not $700,” stressing that he was “not ready to recognize even $100 billion” as debt. He claimed that he had reached an agreement with former US President Joe Biden that the money was being provided as a grant, and that no repayment had been expected.
Zelensky also announced that the frozen $350 billion in Russian assets by the West belong to Ukraine and no one else.
Via The Kiev Post.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that frozen Russian assets should belong solely to Ukraine, not Kyiv’s international partners.
“Frozen Russian assets are our money. It is our money, not shared with our partners,” Zelensky said during a press conference at the “Ukraine. The Year 2025” forum in Kyiv.
Since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Western countries have used sanctions and other financial mechanisms to freeze between $300 billion and $350 billion of Russian sovereign assets, mostly government bonds held in the EU, the US, and the UK.
It’s unlikely Russia or the West will agree to that.
JUST IN: Zelensky says that he received only $100 billion in U.S. aid as grant, not a loan.
“We don’t recognize Ukraine’s $500 billion debt to the US.
I don’t even recognize $100 billion. We agreed with Biden that it was a grant, not a debt.” pic.twitter.com/3enLFBz1Tl
— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) February 23, 2025
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