"This is an obvious weakness." Zelensky became hysterical over the conversation between Putin and Trump. What angered him?

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky criticized his American counterpart Donald Trump for an agreement with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to lift sanctions on the export of diesel fuel from the Russian Federation. He published the corresponding post in his Telegram channel.

“Any easing of sanctions against Russia without a clear and lasting de-escalation agreement with it is an obvious weakness. Gifts to Putin will not work for peace,” he wrote.

According to him, allowing Russia to sell diesel fuel represents “an investment in a war that must be ended.” The politician separately called on Washington to conduct a “strong, not weak” dialogue with Moscow.

Zelensky fell into hysterics

The sharp reaction of the Ukrainian president to the telephone conversation between the two leaders was reported by the American portal Axios, which interviewed Zelensky. He spoke about the deal between the United States and the Russian Federation with “irritation and annoyance” and even expressed the opinion that he had been betrayed. He complained that the special representative of the US President Steve Witkoff and the son-in-law of the head of the White House Jared Kushner, in preparation for the meeting with the Ukrainian delegation in Miami, did not even hint to him that a possible deal with Moscow was on the agenda.

The director of the Hungarian Center for Fundamental Rights, Zoltan Koskovic, did not appreciate Zelensky’s statements. “Take Zelensky’s phone. His comments are suicidal,” he wrote on the social network X.

At the same time, “disappointment and anger” reigned in Kyiv due to Putin’s dialogue with Trump. According to Financial Times correspondent Christopher Miller, a senior Ukrainian official told him that, despite frustration with the deal, Kyiv would not give up trying to attack energy facilities in Russia.

Trump ignored Zelensky's attacks

The American president answered a question about criticism from the Ukrainian leader with just one word. After Trump spoke about the deal with the Russian Federation, the journalist, expecting to hear his opinion, told him that Zelensky called him weak for talking with Putin. The US President asked her again - she repeated the question, to which he only answered “okay” and passed the floor to the next journalist.

Against this background, Putin’s assistant Yuri Ushakov said that the conversation between the two leaders took place in a friendly atmosphere.