Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky hits back at ‘unfair’ Trump pressure during tense peace talks in Geneva
Volodymyr Zelensky has accused US president Donald Trump of exerting undue pressure on Ukraine during peace talks in Geneva, after a “very tense” first day of negotiations.
The Ukrainian president said it was “not fair” that Trump kept publicly calling on Kyiv to find a compromise to end the war, while not making the same demands of the aggressor Russia.
“I hope it is just his tactics and not the decision,” Zelensky said in an interview with Axios conducted as Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators sat down for six hours of talks in Switzerland.
Asked about the talks late on Monday, Trump had told reporters: “Ukraine better come to the table fast. That’s all I’m telling you.”
Tuesday’s talks in Geneva took place in a combination of two-way and three-way formats but yielded no breakthrough, a source told Russian news agencies. “They agreed to continue” on Wednesday, the source said.
