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russian media: zelensky’s trip to the united states did not become a “turning point in the war”

2024-09-29

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ukrainian president zelenskiy is visiting the united states this week and will meet with harris and trump, the democratic and republican presidential candidates of the united states, on the 26th and 27th local time, with a view to discussing his "victory" with the two candidates. plan" and seek more military support from the united states.

according to a report by cnn on the 27th, trump met with zelensky at trump tower in new york that day. this was the first meeting between the two in five years. cnn reported that during the q&a session with reporters before the meeting, “the tension between the two was evident.” trump told reporters: "we have a very good relationship, and as you know, i have a very good relationship with russian president vladimir putin. i think if we win (referring to winning the election), we will solve this very quickly (russia and ukraine) conflict) issue." at this time, zelensky interjected: "i hope our relationship is better." trump responded: "it takes two people to tango."

according to the russian "izvestia" report on the 28th, the meeting between trump and zelensky lasted about an hour. zelensky said that the meeting was rich in content and that he had submitted a "victory plan" to trump. trump said after the meeting that he "learned a lot" but that the meeting did not change his view on the conflict between russia and ukraine. "we all want a fair deal," he said. but when asked what "fair" meant, trump responded: "it's too early to say that."

according to the ukrainian pravda newspaper, the meeting between the two took place shortly after "the situation escalated dramatically." zelensky visited a military factory in pennsylvania on the 24th. his companions were all democrats, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from the republican party. zelensky was criticized for "interfering in the us election." pushkov, a member of the russian federation council (the upper house of parliament), analyzed on the 28th that the meeting showed that there was a lack of mutual understanding between the two and "obviously they spoke different languages." some analysts believe that with many americans supporting ukraine, it would be detrimental to trump to be hostile to zelensky, so he agreed to meet to appease voters.

in contrast, harris was more straightforward when meeting with zelensky. this meeting was also the sixth meeting between the two since the outbreak of the russia-ukraine conflict. according to the associated press, harris met with zelensky at the white house on the 26th and stated that she would "unswervingly support ukraine." harris also said: "some people in our country want to force ukraine to give up large areas of sovereign territory... these suggestions are exactly the same as putin's suggestions. they are not peace suggestions, but surrender suggestions." this statement was considered to be an allusion to and criticism of trump.

"zelensky ended his visit to the united states. the goals he set for himself were not achieved." russia's "viewpoint" reported on the 28th that zelensky's trip to the united states did not become a "turning point in the war." "izvestia" reported that zelensky is trying to achieve a "win-win" between the two parties, but his meeting with trump may cause dissatisfaction among the democratic party and even affect the assistance provided by the united states to ukraine.