THE US has dramatically pulled the plug on a joint press conference with Volodymyr Zelensky after he met with one of Trump’s envoys.
It comes amid a period of diplomatic turmoil between the US and Ukraine after Trump branded him a “dictator”.
US special envoy to Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv today[/caption]
The Ukrainian president today met with US envoy Keith Kellogg in Kyiv.
But their joint news conference which was due to follow was cancelled last-minute at the request of US officials, Zelensky’s office said.
It comes as the White House has heaped pressure on Zelensky to sign Trump’s war deal – and warned him to “tone down” the criticism.
Trump sparked uproar yesterday after lashing out at Ukraine’s wartime leader and accusing him of “refusing to have elections”.
In a shocking social media rant, Trump warned “modestly successful comedian” Zelensky must “move fast or he is not going to have a country left”.
Trump also claimed the Ukrainian president talked the US into “spending $350 billion dollars to go into a war that couldn’t be won”.
He also later insisted he “trusts” that Russia wants peace after branding Zelensky a “dictator without elections”.
Trump then once again labelled Zelensky a “dictator” after the Ukrainian leader said he was “living in a disinformation space”.
