“A horrible thing”, which, however, could have been the result of a “error” by the Russians. Donald Trump He talks about the missile attack in Sumy, with a balance sheet according to the Ukrainians of 34 dead, including two children, and almost 120 injured. And, in the aftermath of the Palm Sunday massacre, Back to Attend Volodymyr Zelensky who had invited him to go to “see” with his eyes the dead and destruction in Ukraine: “He let the war break out, you don’t fight with who is 20 times bigger than you,” accuses The American president Not missing the opportunity to point the finger also on his predecessor, Joe Biden.
But, for days irritated for the stall of the negotiations for a truce that the Tycoon wanted to take home even by Easter, Vladimir Putin does not spare: “It’s also his fault”. “I think it was terrible, and I was told that they made a mistake, but I think it is a horrible thing, I think the whole war is a horrible thing,” Trump said on board the Air Force One who brought him back to Washington after the weekend in Florida. And a few hours later he returned to attack the Ukrainian president, responsible according to him, together with Biden, to have “done a horrible job in allowing” the war to start. Except then correcting the shot by speaking from the oval studio: «This is a war that would never have to start. Biden – he said – was unable to stop her and Zelensky could have done it. And Putin would never have to start it. The fault lies with everyone ».
But the tycoon reiterated that he wanted to continue looking for a negotiated solution. Trump of Trump seems almost a resentful response to Zelensky’s words in an interview with CBS. “Before any decision, please come and see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children, destroyed or dead,” said the Ukrainian president. Which then returned to the historic clash in the oval study of February 28 to accuse the vice president Dj Vance of “justify Putin’s actions”.
As for the definition of “dictator” rent from Trump, Zelensky replied stating that “Russian narratives prevail in the United States”. According to Kiev, in addition to the two children killed in Sumy, there are 15 of them among the 119 injured. While the prosecutor general office said that from the beginning of the conflict, on February 24, 2022, the minors who have lost their lives are 618 and 1,884 wounded. But the UN provides an even higher number: 669 until 31 December last.
Speaking of the attack in Sumy, the Russian version is that the objective of the bombing, carried out with Iskander missiles, was a meeting of the command of the Military-Tactical Military Group Severskwhere according to the Ministry of Defense of Moscow “60 soldiers” were killed. As for civil victims, Moscow calls Kiev into question, accusing it of “using the Ukrainian population as a human shield, organizing events with the participation of military personnel in the center of a densely populated city”. Zelensky replied that “all damaged sites are civilians: condominiums, shops, a service area. Only a real pressure on Russia can stop all this, concrete penalties are needed against the sectors that finance the Russian death machine, “added the Ukrainian president on his Telegram channel.
The reaction of European countries lastswhich also turn to the USA. “Whoever wants the killings to end up in Ukraine must put maximum pressure on Russia”said the high representative for EU foreign policy, Kaja Kallas, reiterating that military aid is needed to allow Kiev to defend themselves. While Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani focused on the alleged “error” of which Trump spoke: “I don’t know what it was, but the Russians did not make an error when they decided to invade Ukrainian, violating any rule of international law”. The future German Chancellor Fredrich Merz Meanwhile, he has made it known that he could decide the supply of the Taurus missiles to Kiev, with a range of at least 500 kilometers, which could also be used by Ukraine for attacks on the Russian territory, as already happened with the American Atacms and British Storm Shadow. A move that according to the Kremlin would bring “only to a further escalation” of the conflict. The Falco Dmitry Medvedev, former president and current number two of the national security council, invited Merz to “think about two wishes”, labeling him as a “Nazi”.