Trump criticizes Zelenskyy on the objections of the exchange of Ukrainian land in the midst of Putin’s discussions

President Donald Trump targeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a press event on Monday against his frustration in the face of the Ukrainian leader to “the exchange of land”.

“I get along with Zelenskyy, but, you know, I do not agree with what he did, very, very severely, in disagreement. It is a war that should never have happened,” said Trump, re -building his conviction that the Ukrainian president is partly for lack of the illegal invasion in 2022 of Russia.

“I was a little embarrassed by the fact that Zelensky said:” Well, I have to obtain constitutional approval “, said Trump. “I mean, he has the approval to wage war and kill everyone, but he needs approval to make an exchange of land, because there will be land exchanges.”

The summit with Putin is put at the top of Trump’s agenda this week while the Ukrainian war occupies the front of the stage

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the news room of James S. Brady Press of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday August 11225. (Yuri Gripas / Abaca / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“I know that by Russia and through conversations with everyone,” said Trump, noting that it was “for the good of Ukraine”.

Zelenskyy – who did not declare war on Russia, as Moscow had already invaded it, declared the martial law on February 24, 2022 with the approval of the Parliament of Ukraine, which gave him presidential powers to mobilize a military response – said the weekend that he is opposed to the proposal for Trump’s Trump, not having obtained a national decision Decision of the UNSE, by a decision in a harvesting manner, a decision of the United Nations by another. him.

Zelenskyy thanks NATO, European leaders for supporting its push to join the Trump-Putin summit

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference at the Ukraine Recovery 2025 conference at the Roma Convention Center Center on July 10, 2025 in Rome. (Antonio Masiello / Getty Image)

Trump will not detail what he hopes to get out of the meeting with Putin and describes him as a “sensation meeting”, saying in “the first two minutes (he) will know exactly if an agreement can be concluded”.

“I’m going to talk to Vladimir Putin, and I will tell him that you have to end this war, you have to end it,” said Trump, reiterating his conviction that if he had won the 2020 elections, Putin would not have invaded Ukraine, saying “that he was not going to bother me.”

President Donald Trump, on the left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the start of a meeting at the presidential palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (AP photo / Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)

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“I go to this thing fully loaded up there, and we will see what is going on,” he continued. “It could be a good meeting, and we are going to go further. We will do it.

“I would like to see a ceasefire very, very quickly, very quickly,” he continued. “And, we are going to face European leaders and, we are going to face President Zelensky and I hope that we are going to be a great success.”