Politics · United States · 4 hrs ago
Trump says Zelensky does not want to end war with Russia
US President Donald Trump accused Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky of not wanting to end the war with Russia in a post on Truth Social.
Trump said Zelensky probably never wanted to end the conflict.
He argued that Ukraine could have made a better deal two years ago than it can now.
Trump also described Ukraine as badly damaged and said it had lost a large part of its territory.
These were Trump’s claims about Ukraine’s losses and Zelensky’s intentions.
He said he wants the conflict to end, but the statements give no details of a proposed deal or next steps.
Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky does not want to end the war with Russia and probably never did.
Trump made the claim in a post on Truth Social.
He said Zelensky could have made a better deal two years ago.
Trump described Ukraine as being in shambles and said it had lost a large portion of its land.
Trump said he wanted the conflict to end.
- Who
- US President Donald Trump made the claim about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- What
- Trump said Zelensky does not want to end the war with Russia and probably never did.
- When
- The articles were published on October 18, 2026. The exact time of Trump's post is not stated.
- Where
- Truth Social.
- Why
- Trump said Zelensky did not want to end the war. He also said he wanted the conflict to end.
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- Speaker
- Donald Trump
- Platform
- Truth Social
- Claim
- Zelensky does not want to end the war with Russia
- Earlier deal
- Trump said Zelensky could have made a better deal two years ago
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What people are saying
Zelensky doesn’t care, and frankly, with all of the money that Europe is famously giving him, and that Crooked [former US President] Joe Biden gave him in the past, he doesn’t want to end this war, and probably never did.
He could have made a better deal two years ago than he can now.
His country is in shambles, a large portion of his land is lost, his oceans and seas are gone, and his male population is low, wounded, and/or dead.