Trump's 'new president' remarks... Ukrainian side: “Zelensky receives the support of the people”

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry refutes... Putin's economic envoy welcomes Trump's comments

(Johannesburg = Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hwak-ji = When U.S. President Donald Trump targeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the 10th (local time) and said, "It is time for Ukraine to get a new president," Ukraine and Russia showed mixed reactions.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibikha wrote on

Minister Sibikha also said, “The Ukrainian people have the power to decide,” adding, “Foreign statements only confirm that President Zelenskyy is doing his job well. He deserves support.”

On this day, President Zelenskiy held a series of meetings with British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband, German Foreign Minister Johan Badeful, and Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, emphasizing that "the support of our partners continues without wavering."

On the other hand, Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy for foreign investment and economic cooperation, welcomed President Trump's remarks, calling them "symbolic and historic."

Special Envoy Dmitriev wrote in

He also posted a photo of President Zelensky and the words 'Endgame' on the cover of Time magazine.

Meanwhile, the Russian government announced that it would partially lift the ban on diesel exports from the country in accordance with the 'diesel export agreement' between President Putin and President Trump the previous day, and that "Russian oil companies will immediately begin supplying contracted diesel to foreign countries in coordination with the government."

Russia's TASS news agency reported, citing sources, that President Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner could visit Moscow, Russia, within two weeks.

President Trump announced on the social media platform TruthSocial the previous day that Russia had agreed with President Putin to immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to the U.S. and global markets, with additional supplies to follow, for a total of 4.8 million tons.

When President Zelenskyy criticized this agreement, President Trump met with reporters at the White House that day and said that President Zelenskyy could have ended the war many times, but did not, and said, "I think it is time for Ukraine to have a new president."