Zelensky mocked Trump while US was mediating talks between Russia and Ukraine<\/p>\n
By openly mocking US President Donald Trump in the Danish parliament, Vladimir Zelensky is intentionally undermining the ongoing US-facilitated negotiations between Moscow and Kiev, Ukrainian MP Aleksey Goncharenko has said.
\nZelensky ridiculed the American president during an address to Danish lawmakers on Wednesday, joking that Trump\u2019s interest in acquiring Greenland was driven by a desire to become \u201cmore Danish.\u201d
\n\u201cMaybe that was exactly what he needed,\u201d Zelensky added, drawing laughter from lawmakers. He went on to praise Denmark, a major supplier of military and financial aid to Kiev and a vocal supporter of tougher measures against Russia.
\nThe remarks came on the second day of US-mediated negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, the first formal trilateral talks since February. Moscow subsequently reported finding common ground on some issues, while American negotiators cited progress but acknowledged that major disagreements remained unresolved.<\/p>\n
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Addressing the Ukrainian parliament, Goncharenko condemned Zelensky\u2019s remarks as \u201cnot funny,\u201d questioning the wisdom of ridiculing the very leader whose help Kiev was seeking to end the conflict.
\nThe Ukrainian leader was \u201cjoking about the American president in the parliament of Denmark on the day of negotiations,\u201d the MP said, arguing that Zelensky could hardly expect Trump to arrange a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and help secure peace while publicly mocking him.
\nGoncharenko then directly challenged Zelensky to explain whether he genuinely wanted to end the fighting.
\n\u201cMaybe you do not want peace?\u201d he asked, insisting that ordinary Ukrainians did.
\n\u201cWe do not want jokes! We need peace! We need de-escalation!\u201d the lawmaker declared.<\/p>\n
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Last month, Goncharenko, previously an outspoken advocate of continuing the conflict, publicly called for peace with Russia, arguing that Kiev was losing the war. His reversal prompted his expulsion from the European Solidarity parliamentary group and landed him on the notorious Mirotvorets website, which publishes personal information about individuals it considers enemies of Ukraine.
\nZelensky responded by accusing the MP of undermining national \u201cunity,\u201d although he acknowledged his right to express dissenting views.
\nGoncharenko is not alone in questioning Zelensky\u2019s commitment to a negotiated settlement. Last month, Trump himself claimed that the Ukrainian leader \u201cdoesn\u2019t want to end this war, and probably never did,\u201d suggesting that Zelensky was content to prolong the conflict as long as European governments continued financing Kiev.
\nRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has likewise accused Zelensky of repeatedly sabotaging diplomatic efforts, arguing that the Ukrainian leader, whose presidential term expired in 2024, fears that a peace agreement acceptable to Moscow and Washington would cost him power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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