US President Donald Trump\u00b4s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, arrived in Kyiv on Monday, a senior Ukrainian official said, as anticipation grew over a possible shift in the Trump administration\u00b4s policy on the more than three-year war.<\/p>\n
Trump last week teased that he would make a “major statement” on Russia on Monday. Trump made quickly stopping the war one of his diplomatic priorities, and he has increasingly expressed frustration about Russian President Vladimir Putin\u00b4s unbudging stance on US-led peace efforts.<\/p>\n
Trump has long boasted of his friendly relationship with Putin and after taking office in January repeatedly said that Russia was more willing than Ukraine to reach a peace deal. At the same time, Trump accused Zelenskyy of prolonging the war and called him a “dictator without elections\u201d, AFP said.<\/p>\n
But Russia\u00b4s relentless onslaught against civilian areas of Ukraine wore down Trump\u00b4s patience. In April, Trump urged Putin to “STOP!” launching deadly barrages on Kyiv, and the following month said in a social media post that the Russian leader ” has gone absolutely CRAZY!” as the bombardments continued.<\/p>\n
“I am very disappointed with President Putin, I thought he was somebody that meant what he said,” Trump said late Sunday. “He\u00b4ll talk so beautifully and then he\u00b4ll bomb people at night. We don\u00b4t like that.”<\/p>\n
Trump confirmed the US is sending Ukraine badly needed US-made Patriot air defense missiles to help it fend off Russia\u00b4s intensifying aerial attacks.<\/p>\n
Trump said that the European Union will pay the US for the “various pieces of very sophisticated” weaponry it is sending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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