President Trump repeated his call for Russia to spare the Ukrainian soldiers. He said Ukraine shouldn’t pick on someone bigger than they are. As Putin claims he wants to agree to the peace deal, Ukrainian president Zelensky has created new roadblocks.
Don’t Pick on Anyone Bigger
Kyiv, hoping to gain leverage for future peace talks, took over Russia’s Kursk Region in August 2024. Russia moved to take it back recently, capturing 86% of the territory.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the remaining Ukrainian units are mostly “encircled” and “isolated.”
“Russia has a large group of Ukrainian soldiers, as we speak, surrounded and in grave danger. They’ve been able to surround them,” Trump said in a speech at the Justice Department on Friday, adding that his predecessor, Joe Biden, “should have never let this war happen.”
“First of all, you don’t want to pick on somebody that’s a lot larger than you, even with the money. We gave them a lot of money and a lot of equipment. We make the best military equipment in the world, but even with all that… It’s unbelievable,” Trump said.
His comment was aimed at Joe Biden for letting it happen. Worse than that, the Western powers pushed the lie.
It wasn’t Ukraine’s fault. We have video of the John McCain delegation telling them they could defeat Russia. Victoria Nuland and her allies, including those in the EU, also told them they could win and NATO would be with them forever.
Ukrainian Soldiers Would Still Face Justice
Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier in the day that he is “sympathetic” to Trump’s plea for Moscow to spare the lives of the Ukrainian soldiers, but added that for his call to be “effectively heeded,” Kiev must order its troops to surrender.
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