Donald Trump is annoyed. While the war in Ukraine never ends, the American president raised the tone on Sunday, March 30, expressing his frustration in the face of blockages preventing a cease-fire agreement between Moscow and kyiv. Saying himself “very upset” and “furious” against Vladimir Putin, reluctant to accept a truce, the tenant of the White House threatened to impose new taxes on Russian oil, before directing his criticism a little later to the Ukrainian president: “I see that he tries to withdraw from the rare land agreement. And if he does, he will have big problems.
On the front, Russia claimed on Sunday the capture of a village seven kilometers from the administrative border of the Dnipropetrovsk region, in the center of Ukraine, a region in which the forces of Moscow have never penetrated.
Info to remember
⇒ Donald Trump says he is “furious” against Vladimir Putin
⇒ The American president also threatens Volodymyr Zelensky
⇒ Russian troops at the gates of a new Ukrainian region
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Donald Trump threatens Volodymyr Zelensky
After having castigated the attitude of Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump attacked his Ukrainian counterpart on Sunday, whom he accuses of wanting to turn his back on An agreement on Ukrainian minerals that the United States wants to exploit. “I see that he is trying to withdraw from the rare land agreement. And if he does it, he will have problems. Big, big problems,” he said. “We have concluded an agreement on rare earths and now he says, well, you know, I want to renegotiate the agreement. He wants to become a member of NATO. Well, he will never be a member of NATO. He understands it. So he seeks to renegotiate the agreement,” he continued.
Volodymyr Zelensky had announced on Friday that it had received from the United States a new version of the Ukraine strategic ores agreement, which is, according to media, very unfavorable for Ukraine.
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Donald Trump “furious” against Vladimir Putin
In an interview granted on Sunday to the NBC channel, the American president expressed his nervousness against his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, reluctant to accept a cease-fire in Ukraine. “I was very upset, furious” against Vladimir Putin, said Donald Trump on the phone to NBC journalist Kristen Welker, according to remarks reported by her. The head of state threatened to impose “secondary customs duties throughout the oil that comes out of Russia”, according to this source.
The Russian president had mentioned on Friday the idea of a “transitional administration” for Ukraine, under the aegis of the United Nations, in order to organize a “democratic” presidential election in this country, then negotiate a peace agreement with the new authorities.
In later statements on Sunday, Donald Trump, however, moderated his tone towards his counterpart. Speaking aboard the Air Force One with journalists, the American president justified his frustration. “I was disappointed in a certain way,” he said, especially with regard to “some of the things (Vladimir Putin) said these last two days about Zelensky, because he considers that Zelensky is not credible”. “He is supposed to conclude an agreement with him, whether he loves him or that he does not like him”. “So I was not satisfied, but I think it will be good and I certainly would not want to impose customs duties secondary to Russia,” he added.
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Russia claims to capture a village at the gates of the Dnipropetrovsk region
Russia claimed on Sunday the capture of a village seven kilometers from the administrative border of the Dnipropetrovsk region, in the center of Ukraine, a region in which the forces of Moscow have never penetrated. Russian army units “released the village of Zaporijjia,” said the Russian Defense Ministry in its daily report. This locality is located in the eastern region of Donetsk, but close to that of Dnipropetrovsk, which borders it on its west flank.
On Saturday, Russia had already claimed the capture of three villages, including one located in the Ukrainian region of Soumy (North), which faces that, Russian, of Koursk. The Russian forces have almost completely chased the Ukrainian army in the Koursk region in recent weeks and now threaten that of Soumy, another front for kyiv.