Zelenskyy Rejects Trump's 'Children Fighting' Analogy And Says Putin Is A 'Murderer'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected President Donald Trump's idea that Russia and Ukraine were like two kids brawling at a playground.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected President Donald Trump’s idea that Russia and Ukraine are like kids at the playground who would be better off fighting for a while before being pulled apart.“We are not kids with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin at the playground in the park,” Zelenskyy said in an interview with ABC’s Martha Raddatz. “He is a murderer who came to this park to kill the kids.”Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected President Donald Trump's idea that Russia and Ukraine were like two kids brawling at a playground.Trump made the analogy during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.“Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy,” Trump said. “They hate each other, and they’re fighting in a park, and you try and pull them apart. They don’t want to be pulled. Sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart.”He noted that he had relayed the sentiment in a call with Putin earlier in the week.“I said, ‘President, maybe you’re going to have to keep fighting and suffering a lot,’ because both sides are suffering before you pull them apart, before they’re able to be pulled apart,” Trump said. “You see in hockey, you see it in sports. The referees let them go for a couple of seconds, let them go for a little while before you pull them apart.”In an interview slated to air on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos Sunday, Zelenskyy said Trump and others who are “some thousands of miles away” don’t understand the suffering Ukrainians have experienced since Russia invaded the country in February 2022. He relayed comments he heard from a father who lost his family in a missile strike, saying Trump “could not feel fully and understand this pain.”Trump has openly criticized Zelenskyy a number of times, arguing he has held up a potential peace plan by refusing to cede parts of the country to Russia. Trump notably attacked Zelenskyy in a major clash during an Oval Office meeting, where the US president and Vice President JD Vance berated Zelenskyy and called him “disrespectful.”Related...'Silence Of America Only Encourages Putin,' Zelenskyy Claims In Attack On Trump AdministrationPutin's Top Diplomat Hits Out At Zelenskyy With 2 Damning Words Over Peace TalksTrump And Putin Won't Attend Peace Talks With Zelenskyy In Turkey

Comments

Breaking news

Body found in search for woman who disappeared after leaving London home

Metro

Andrew Tate has driving licence seized by police 'after being caught speeding at 120 miles per hour in a 30mph zone'

Dailymail

Policeman defends teenager telling pro-Israel supporters that 'Jews kill children' and says it is 'in the same vein as displaying sign calling Hamas rapists'

about 1 hour ago

NI 'showed a lot of character' in Denmark defeat

BBC News

Comments

Similar News

Ukraine's Zelenskyy wants face-to-face talks with Putin but the Russian leader shows no readiness

A Russian rocket attack kills 3 in Ukraine's city of Sumy, drawing condemnation from Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy says Ukraine will send a delegation to Istanbul for talks with Russia on Monday

Rolls-Royce, Blue Peter badges and a mosaic from Zelenskyy: Gifts given to Royal Family

Rolls-Royce, Blue Peter badges and a mosaic from Zelenskyy: Gifts given to the Royal Family

Zelenskyy had hoped for Taurus missiles from Germany - but he's left Berlin far from empty-handed

AP PHOTOS: Zelenskyy in Berlin seeking more support for Ukraine defense as Russian attacks intensify

Zelenskyy visits Berlin as he seeks more support for Ukraine in the war against Russia

'Silence Of America Only Encourages Putin,' Zelenskyy Claims In Attack On Trump Administration

Putin's Top Diplomat Hits Out At Zelenskyy With 2 Damning Words Over Peace Talks

Trump And Putin Won't Attend Peace Talks With Zelenskyy In Turkey

If Putin and Zelenskyy meet it'll be for only the second time - here's what happened at the last summit

Zelenskyy Spells Out What Putin Must Do To Prove He Wants To End Ukraine War

Brazil's Lula pledges to urge Putin 'go to Istanbul and negotiate' with Zelenskyy

Trump 'thinking' of going to Turkey for proposed Zelenskyy-Putin peace talks

Russian Politician Calls Zelenskyy's Latest Putin Request 'Pure Theatrics'

Zelenskyy's offer to meet Putin raises the game in this already high-stakes game of poker

Ukraine 'ready to meet' Russia after Putin call for peace talks on Thursday, says Zelenskyy

Breaking news

Body found in search for woman who disappeared after leaving London home

Single lucky Lotto player scoops huge £4,000,000 jackpot

Small sport stirs up controversy in Spain as Basque Country makes its international debut

Polling on Elon Musk glaring red light for Republicans

Man killed wife and son, 7, before turning gun on himself after becoming depressed over ‘unemployment,’ family says

More bodies of executed civil war-era prisoners uncovered under Greek city park

AP PHOTOS: Protesters tear-gassed in Los Angeles after federal immigration arrests

Trump’s toxic feud with Musk is the greatest show on Earth – & I have a hunch about President’s ‘terrifying’ next move

Love Island is about many things – but love certainly isn’t one of them

Britain is ALREADY at war with Russia and ‘we are in pretty big trouble’ admits defence expert in bombshell warning

Forget paying France to stop migrants – spend it destroying UK black market that lures them here

Woman, 30, shot dead by armed cops after ‘attacking two people with knife’ in square used for Oktoberfest

Fury as fear of mass migration branded ‘terrorist ideology’ in official govt training papers

Woman ‘threatened with knife and raped’ in town park as man, 52, arrested

Fears for missing Scots schoolgirl believed to have boarded train to England

Urgent search launched for missing Scots OAP as concerns grow

Body found in search for missing woman

Eight-year-old boy found starved and murdered in loft and left in a rubbish bag

Two children die after horror M4 minibus crash with five other kids injured in slip road chaos

'My son stayed missing after huge police mistake - it's a miracle he's home now'

I sat next to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce on their glitzy date night... what I saw left me shaking

Tricky optical illusion sees frog camouflaged in the grass - can you spot it in 30 seconds?

Mysterious 6,000-year-old skeletons with never-before-seen DNA rewrites human history

Justin Bieber spotted solo on coffee run after sparking fears over dramatic weight loss and mysterious injury

Jamie Borthwick 'suspended from EastEnders after using shocking disabled slur backstage at Strictly'

I invented the 'Death Clock'... and was horrified when it confirmed my worst fears about my own health

Somber Ben Affleck dines solo at pricey steakhouse after Jennifer Lopez locks lips with A-lister on film set

Freddy Brazier, 20, is seen for the first time since revealing he is going to rehab as he arrives at star-studded Jurassic World event

LORD ASHCROFT: 'We can sniff Starmer's fear of Farage' say voters as they back winter fuel U-turn and insist two-child benefit cap must stay

Four hundred rookie Marines made to do gruelling 'mud run' after around a dozen fellow recruits are caught stealing from the camp's self-service canteen

TALK OF THE TOWN: Gardening guru who helped David Beckham grow his friendship with King Charles

Tom Hiddleston and fiancée Zawe Ashton announce pregnancy as superstar couple prepare to welcome second child

Female knife attacker, 30, injures two passers-by in square used for Munich Oktoberfest beer festival - before being shot by police

Jared Leto accused of sexual misconduct by MULTIPLE women... and several were allegedly minors

Has Aimee Lou Wood found love? White Lotus star seen in a passionate embrace with Happy Valley star Adam Long on al fresco date

Thomas Tuchel responds to England fans labelling Keir Starmer a '****' after supporters sang abusive chants about the Prime Minister during the Three Lions' lacklustre 1-0 win over Andorra

Mel B and Eddie Murphy's daughter is living as a trans man: Stars support Angel's 'brave' decision to change pronouns to 'him'

Andrew Tate has driving licence seized by police 'after being caught speeding at 120 miles per hour in a 30mph zone'

KEMI BADENOCH: A simple way to deter migrants? Make them wait for ten years before they can claim any benefits

Major EastEnders star 'QUITS the show after three years to pursue other opportunities'

She was the 90s babe who dated two real-life brothers in different teen sitcoms... can you guess who she is?

Policeman defends teenager telling pro-Israel supporters that 'Jews kill children' and says it is 'in the same vein as displaying sign calling Hamas rapists'

NI 'showed a lot of character' in Denmark defeat

Trump says relationship with Musk is over

'We lacked seriousness' - Tuchel criticises England 'attitude'

EastEnders star suspended over 'unacceptable' language

Six killed by Israeli gunfire near Gaza aid site, Hamas officials say

Immigration Agents Conduct More Raids in LA, Clashing Again With Protesters

WorldPride Parade Attendees Celebrate in D.C. With Both Joy and Resolve

Appeal to trace 13-year-old girl reported missing from Kilmarnock

Body found in search for woman who disappeared after leaving London home

Video shows dolphin calf birth and first breath at Chicago zoo. Mom's friend helped

Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster responds after receiving devastating health department grade

‘We are disappearing’: Britain’s first trans judge on Supreme Court defeat – and why she’s challenging it

The Independent Pride List 2025: the LGBT+ people making change happen

Recaptured Arkansas prison escapee known as the 'Devil in the Ozarks' sent to SuperMax prison

Immigration authorities extend activity in Los Angeles area amid street protests

Thousands of demonstrators march through Rome to call for an immediate end to the war in Gaza

Chicago cop shot and killed by fellow officer in friendly fire incident during tactical operation