US President Donald Trump has spoken sharply about the Ukrainian authorities and again put the responsibility for the war on his predecessor Joe Biden. He wrote about this in Truth Social against the backdrop of talks between representatives of the US and Ukraine in Geneva.
Trump said Russia’s full-scale invasion “would never have happened” if there had been “stronger and more responsible leadership” in Washington and Kiev. He said the current administration allegedly handed him the conflict in an “extremely bad state.”
“The war started long before I returned to the White House – under Joe Biden – and has only gotten worse,” Trump wrote, repeating his thesis about “inheriting” the war.
He also again blamed Democrats for” the stolen 2020 election and said the Ukrainian leadership” has shown no appreciation for U.S. initiatives, which he called peace efforts.
Trump added that he assessed the situation as a “lose-lose situation for everyone”, accusing Europe of continuing to buy Russian oil and the US of over-supplying arms to Ukraine. He also claimed that Biden had “given everything away for free”.
A Ukrainian delegation appointed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has started work in Switzerland, the head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, who is leading the delegation, said.
High-level delegations from the United States, Ukraine, the European Union and Britain are scheduled to hold talks in Geneva on November 23 on the US peace proposals, which came to light this week and which Kiev’s allies say are tilted in Russia’s favour.
The US delegation will reportedly include Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, as well as Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, who visited Kiev the other day. The EU Council and the European Commission are being represented at the talks by top advisers to their leaders.
EU leaders said the previous day that they support US efforts to resolve Russia’s war with Ukraine, but believe that the 28-point plan presented by Washington (which has not yet been officially released, although key elements of it have already been published in the media) needs to be finalised.
“We are ready to enter this process to ensure the sustainability of the future world. We clearly adhere to the principle that borders cannot be changed by force,” the document published on the European Commission’s website said.
According to The Washington Post, among the proposals prepared by the EU leaders are the rejection of the US plan to limit the size of the Ukrainian army, the return to Ukraine of control over the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and the Kinburn Spit, as well as the refusal to transfer to Russia the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk Region before the cease-fire and to discuss this and other territorial issues only after the cease-fire is established.