Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is challenging former President Trump to release a plan to end the ongoing war with Russia.
“If Trump knows how to end this war, he should tell us today,” Zelensky said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. interview on Wednesday. “If there are risks to Ukraine’s independence, if we lose statehood – we want to be ready for that, we want to know.”
Zelensky said in the interview that he was “potentially ready” to meet with Trump to hear his proposal, according to Bloomberg.
Trump has repeatedly stated that he could end Russia’s war in Ukraine in just 24 hours if he were president. Zelensky responded to this promise and invited Trump numerous times to visit war-torn Ukraine.
The former president has also praised Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past, calling him a “genius” shortly after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. During the presidential debate last week, Trump criticized the amount of funding the US has sent to Ukraine , adding that the country “is not winning the war”.
“I’m just saying that the money we are spending on this war, and that we shouldn’t spend, should never have happened. I will resolve the war between Putin and Zelensky as president-elect before I take office. On January 20th I will have this war resolved.” , Trump said.
Zelensky also rejected the idea that the war is at a “stalemate” and suggested that Ukraine needs more resources to help it fight the war, Bloomberg reported.
“It’s not an impasse, it’s a problematic situation,” he said, according to Bloomberg. “An impasse means there is no way out. But a problem can be solved if we have the will and the tools. We have the will and the tools – they are not there yet.”
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
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