US president deplores Ukraine being unthankful for his efforts for peace with Russia

WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) – U.S. President Donald Trump accused Ukraine’s leadership of showing “zero gratitude” for American efforts to end the war with Russia, while also blaming his predecessor for the conflict.

“Ukraine ‘leadership’ has expressed zero gratitude for our efforts, and Europe continues to buy oil from Russia,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

He claimed the war “would have never happened” with “strong and proper US and Ukrainian leadership,” saying it began during “the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration.”

He argued that if the 2020 election had not been “rigged and stolen,” Russian President Vladimir Putin “would never have attacked.”

Trump said he “inherited a war that should have never happened, a war that is a loser for everyone, especially the millions of people that have so needlessly died.”

The comments came as senior U.S. and Ukrainian officials continue talks in Geneva on a 28-point US peace plan. The draft proposal appears to require Ukraine to surrender additional territory to Russia, limit the size of its military, and formally abandon its bid for NATO membership.

Trump, who said the plan would not be his “final offer,” gave Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy until Thursday to respond.

Zelenskyy said he faces a choice between “loss of our dignity or the risk of losing a key partner.”

On Saturday, leaders of nine European countries, along with Japan, Canada, and EU officials, voiced concern over proposed limits on Ukraine’s armed forces, warning such restrictions “would leave Ukraine vulnerable to future attack.”