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3:35Now PlayingDonald Trump has attacked Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying his ‘inflammatory statements' are getting in the way of a peace deal with Russia, which he insists is 'very close'.
Andrew Marr was joined by Ukrainian MP, Kira Rudik, to discuss what the response has been in Ukraine.
The US president has again hit out at his Ukrainian counterpart, saying his statement is "very harmful to the peace negotiations with Russia.
The statement he is referencing is about Crimea, a peninsula which was annexed by Putin in 2014.
Zelenskyy has ruled out recognising Crimea after reports suggested this was part of the negotiations between Russia and the US.
“This is our territory, the territory of the people of Ukraine,” he said on Tuesday.
Trump has now said "It’s inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy’s that makes it so difficult to settle this war. He has nothing to boast about!"
"The situation for Ukraine is dire — He can have Peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole Country," he added.
He also implied previous US president Barack Obama was to blame for 'handing over' Crimea to Russia in a social media post.
But the post also seemed to confirm that Ukraine recognising Crimea as Russian is not part of the negotiations between Washington and Moscow.
"Nobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognise Crimea as Russian Territory but, if he wants Crimea, why didn’t they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired?" he said.
He then claimed Zelenskyy's statement will "do nothing but prolong the 'killing field,'" in Ukraine.
"We are very close to a deal, but the man with 'no cards to play' should now, finally, get it done," he added.
Earlier on Wednesday, US vice president JD Vance has said Moscow and Kyiv must strike a deal to end the war in Ukraine or the US will ‘walk away’.
It was the second warning from the Trump administration in less than a week, after secretary of state Marco Rubio said the US could ‘move on’ from their efforts to reach a ceasefire.
'We've issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and the Ukrainians, and it's time for them to either say yes, or for the United States to walk away from this process,” Vance told reporters in India, where he is on a four-day visit.
“It's now time, I think, to take, if not the final step, one of the final steps, which is, at a broad level, the party saying we're going to stop the killing, we're going to freeze the territorial lines at some level close to where they are today," Vance added.
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