Zelensky: Trump will be 'loser president' if he stops aid to Ukraine

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52% : I think so, yes, as far as I know.'Ukraine's leader concluded by inviting Trump to Kyiv, hoping that witnessing the effects of war firsthand would trigger a change of heart.
46% : Do you understand what can happen... the institutions of the United States will become very weak - the US will not be the leader of the world anymore.'Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore on June 2, 2024Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New YorkSoldiers of the assault brigade defend the frontline, which passes through the Ukrainian border city of Vovchansk, in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv OblastMay 20, 2024, Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine: Ukrainian servicemen of 65th Separate Mechanized brigade operate a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher to fire towards Russian positions near the frontline in Zaporizhzhia regionZelensky, speaking a day before a Manhattan jury convicted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records in his 'hush money' trial, warned the former US president that any deal presented by Putin would be a ruse to further the Kremlin's agenda.
41% : And he said that any decision to cut off weapons and support to Ukraine would have dire consequences - not only for Trump personally, but also America's standing in the world and the influence it wields.'Ukraine, barehanded, without weapons, will not be able to fight a multimillion [Russian] army,' Zelensky told the Guardian in an interview in Kyiv last week.
34% : Zelensky confirmed that he remains in close contact with former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whom he said he was 'using as an instrument' to hold informal talks with the US, and apologised for doing soZelensky has not reserved his criticism only for Trump, however.
34% : Because I have given you the example of airfields from which Russia is permanently firing, in calm, knowing that Ukraine will not fire back because it has no corresponding systems and no permissions.''They have these weapons there and they do not remove them because they know that Ukraine cannot target them with Western weaponry even if they fire against us,' he said.Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky (pictured) has criticised US president Joe Biden in a rare rebukeUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gets off his plane as he arrives to attend Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in SingaporeWhile Zelensky thanked Joe Biden (pictured) for allowing Ukraine to strike limited Russian territory with US arms, he said restrictions need to be droppedBack in Ukraine, authorities imposed emergency power shutdowns in most of the country on Sunday after Russia unleashed large-scale attacks on energy infrastructure and claimed it made gains in the eastern Donetsk province.
33% : 'I think (Johnson) tried, and I think he spoke to (Trump).
29% : Trump has previously said he could end the war in Ukraine 'in 24 hours', but never specified how he planned to do so.
19% : The Ukrainian President took aim at Trump in a scathing interview last week in which he insisted his country 'would not put up with' any deals made between a Trump administration and Vladimir Putin that would see Kyiv sacrifice parts of the Donbas in return for peace.
16% : Read More Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky slams Joe Biden and insists green light to bomb Russia with US weapons doesn't go far enough in rare rebuke'A ceasefire is a trap,' he said, adding that Putin would humiliate Trump by violating the terms of any deal to 'go further' in Ukraine and pursue his own goals.
6% : The Ukrainian President took aim at Trump in a scathing interview last weekDonald Trump will be a 'loser president' and bring about an end to America's status as a global leader should he decide to end aid to Ukraine if he is elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky has declared.

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