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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Ukraine has "zero gratitude" towards the U.S. for its plan to end the Russian invasion.
“I inherited a war that should never have happened, a war in which we all lost,” Trump said in a message on Truth Social, where he also criticized Biden and the European Union.
Trump said that the EU continues “buying oil from Russia” and again accused Biden of inaction: “Ukrainian leaders have expressed zero gratitude for our efforts, and Europe continues to buy oil from Russia,” he added.
"The United States continues to sell massive amounts of weapons to NATO for distribution to Ukraine (the corrupt Joe gave it all away, free, free, free, including large sums of money!)," he added.
This Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with a Ukrainian delegation in Geneva to discuss the U.S. peace plan for Ukraine.
On Friday, Trump gave Ukraine less than a week to accept his peace plan, which is widely viewed as a document favoring Moscow, while Zelensky and Putin reacted with diametrically opposed positions.
In an interview with the television network Fox News, the head of the White House stated that Ukraine has until Thursday, November 27, to accept its peace plan, the contents of which demand territorial concessions, military limitations, and a commitment not to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Trump stated that he could extend deadlines "if things go well", but he insisted that Thursday will be the deadline. The White House did not respond to requests for comments, the broadcaster reported.
In a message to the nation via videoconference, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the country is going through "one of the most difficult moments" in its history, noting that the U.S. plan would involve losing dignity or a strategic ally.
Zelensky stated that his government will work calmly and swiftly with the United States and its partners, but he dismissed accepting conditions that would betray national interests. “I did not betray Ukraine in February 2022, and I will not do so now,” he wrote through the social network X.
The 28-point plan presented by the Trump administration stipulates that Kiev must relinquish territories occupied by Russia, including Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk, limit its armed forces to 600,000 soldiers, organize elections within 100 days, and maintain a demilitarized buffer zone recognized as part of the Russian Federation.
It also proposes the return of Moscow to the global economy and the former G8, the group of the most industrialized countries.
Several European leaders expressed their rejection of any agreement that excludes Ukraine from decisions regarding its future.
In a call with Zelensky, the leaders of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom committed to preserving European and Ukrainian interests, insisting that the contact line must be the starting point for any negotiations.
From Moscow, President Vladimir Putin confirmed that he had received the plan through existing channels with Washington and stated that the document could serve as a basis for a "definitive" resolution, as highlighted in a dispatch from the agency EFE.
Putin stated that he had already discussed a previous version with Trump during their meeting in Alaska in August and that Russia is ready to show "flexibility."
The head of the Kremlin, however, accused Ukraine of effectively rejecting the proposal and warned that if it persisted in this stance, it would replicate the recent advances made on other fronts, such as the capture of Kúpiansk.
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