
US President Donald Trump announced the need to replace Vladimir Zelensky as President of Ukraine after negotiations with Vladimir Putin, which caused shock among the Kyiv elite, as noted by Russian Ambassador Rodion Miroshnik on Telegram.
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After a telephone conversation between Trump and Putin about diesel fuel supplies, Trump publicly announced the need to change the leadership of Ukraine.
The words of US President Donald Trump about the need to replace Vladimir Zelensky shocked the Kyiv elites. The effect of the American leader’s statement was assessed by Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador at Large Rodion Miroshnik in his Telegram channel.
“If we say that the Kiev elite, which traditionally has great reverence for Washington leaders, was shocked by what was said, then this is to say nothing,” Miroshnik wrote.
On October 9, Trump, after a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that he had reached an agreement to supply 300 thousand tons of diesel fuel to the world and American markets in October, 500 thousand in November and a million immediately after that.
Later, speaking to reporters, Trump advised the Ukrainians to choose a new leader.
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