Ukraine war briefing: Trump and Zelenskyy’s public tussle over Russian fuel deal worsens
Zelenskyy has ‘support of the people’, says Ukraine’s foreign minister after Trump calls for ‘new leader’. What we know on day 1,691
TL;DR
- Donald Trump stated Ukraine needs a 'new leader' and urged Zelenskyy to stop hitting Russian oil refineries.
- Ukraine's foreign minister, Andriy Sybiga, asserted that Zelenskyy has the support of the Ukrainian people and deserves foreign support.
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed 'complete solidarity' with Zelenskyy and pledged to strengthen sanctions on Russia.
- Russian state news reported that US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner might visit Moscow soon to broker a peace agreement.
- Kirill Dmitriev, Russia's special envoy, described Trump's call to replace Zelenskyy as 'historic'.
- Germany stated it would continue to push for new EU sanctions against Russia.
- Russia's defense ministry claimed its drones struck a data-processing center in Kyiv and a cargo ship near Odesa, and that its forces captured two settlements in the Kharkiv region.