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When asked about the gap between these figures and Trump's $350 billion claim, UST project leader Taro Nishikawa told DW
The idea that Zelensky is going to change the president's mind by badmouthing him in public media…everyone who knows the president will tell you that is an atrocious way to deal with this administration."
In an interview with the Daily Mail he said
We may have different opinions about Zelensky, but only Ukrainian citizens have the right to judge his support…And to publicly criticize him too, because, in the end, he is our elected leader."
Yaroslav Zhelezniak, a Ukrainian lawmaker from the opposition party Holos saidYes, he's not a perfect president, but he's not a dictator…It feels like the whole world is against us."
Kateryna Karaush, a 25-year-old tech worker from Kyiv, saidWe have a president whom we support. During war, we are united."
Larysa, a 52-year-old from the city of Kharkiv, who refused to give her last name because of security concerns, saidZelensky is not going anywhere, at least not anytime soon. If anything, Trump's attack has made him more popular and made the Ukrainian opposition to rally behind him."
Eugene Finkel, a professor of international affairs at Johns Hopkins University, told Newsweek
Holding elections now would only benefit the Kremlin, further dividing Ukrainians and installing a new president who could sign a deal favorable to Moscow."
Volodymyr Ariev, a lawmaker from the opposition European Solidarity party, saidWhere does that take us? They are close allies of this country and the rest of the European nations, and therefore that means that we will almost certainly be in a state of war with Russia over that if they try to have a go at the Baltic states.”
Shirreff continued
I think the events of the last week have made the likelihood of war with Russia within the next three to five years much, much more likely.”
He told Times RadioTrump would be correct to use the term dictator to describe Putin, who has used fake elections to remain in power for a quarter of a century,
Moghaddam said
Yeah, I would say that, you know, when they want a seat at the table, you could say, the people have to – wouldn’t the people of Ukraine have to say, like, you know, ‘It’s been a long time since we’ve had an election?’
Trump saidTo call Zelensky a dictator is like calling Winston Churchill a dictator because the UK postponed elections until after the end of World War Two,
Fathali Moghaddam, a Georgetown University psychology professor who researches democracy and dictatorships, said in an email to PolitiFactNo matter what you add, however, the total doesn’t get close to $350bn,
Cancian said
The purpose of this operation is to protect people who for eight years now have been facing humiliation and genocide perpetrated by the Kiev regime,
Putin said in a televised addressThe entire point of the community notes system is that it's independent of the personal views of the people running this platform, ... If you start tampering with the system because you personally dislike some notes, then how could users continue to trust it?”
Shayan Sardarizadeh, from the BBC’s Verify team, wrote on X
We have a fairly straightforward and clear position on this: President Zelensky was legitimately elected in free, fair and democratic elections,
EU spokesman Stefan de Keersmaecker told reporters this weekHe is the world’s leading free speech hypocrite,
Seth Stern, director of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, recently told The IndependentIf Zelensky was actually loved by the people of Ukraine, he would hold an election. He knows he would lose in a landslide, despite having seized control of ALL Ukrainian media, so he canceled the election,
the tech billionaire wroteCommunity Notes aims to help all people better understand issues discussed in posts, including people who may hold different viewpoints,
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I think President Trump is very upset at President Zelensky and in some cases, rightfully so,
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