Trump blames Zelinski to start the war day after a massive Russian attack

Donald Trump blamed Volodymyr Zelensky to start the war with Russia – a day after a large Russian attack was killed 35 people and 117 others were wounded in Ukraine.

The US President said that the Ukrainian leader is sharing the blame with Russian President Vladimir Putin for “millions of dead people” in the Ukraine war.

“Do not start a war against someone 20 times of your size, then hope that people will give you some missiles,” he told reporters at the White House.

Trump’s comments come after a widespread anger at Russia’s attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumi on Sunday, which was what was The most bloody Russian attack On civilians this year.

When asked about the attack earlier, Trump said he was “terrible” and that he was told that Russia “made a mistake”, but he did not explain.

“Millions of people died because of three people,” Trump said on Monday. “Let’s say Putin No. One, let’s say Biden, who had no idea what he was doing against hell, the second number, and Zelinski.”

It is estimated that hundreds of thousands, but not “millions”, have been killed or injured from all sides since Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

When interrogating Zelinski’s efficiency, Trump noted that the Ukrainian leader was “always looking to buy missiles.”

“When you start a war, I got to know that you could win,” said the US president.

Trump has repeatedly clashed with Zelinski since he returned to his post this year, It seems to blame Ukraine to start the war.

Tensions between the husband have been high since then A hot confrontation in the White House In February.

During this meeting, Trump Zelinsky was accused of “gambling with World War III” and mixing him not to start peace talks with Russia earlier.

In contrast, the US President made efforts to improve relations with Moscow.

The US envoy, Steve Witakov Putin, met on Saint Petersburg on Friday. The Kremlin said that the talks lasted for more than four hours and focused on “the aspects of the Ukrainian settlement.”

In an interview before Russia’s last attack, Zelensky Trump urged Ukraine’s visit Before concluding a deal with Putin to end the war.

“Please, before any kind of decisions, any kind of negotiations, comes to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, destroyed or dead children,” Zelinski said in an interview with the CBS 60 minutes.

Zelinski said at the time that Russia’s attack on the city of Sumi, which killed at least 35 people “in the heart of the city in Palm on Sunday.”

Moscow said it had launched the Iskander missiles at a meeting of Ukrainian soldiers, killing 60 of them, but did not provide any evidence.

Trump insisted that he wanted to “stop killing” and indicated that there will be proposals soon, but he did not explain.

The conflict dates back to more than a decade, until 2014, when the pro -Russian President of Ukraine was overthrown. Russia then included the Crimea and supported the rebels in bloody fighting in eastern Ukraine.