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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he felt betrayed after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian fuel from Moscow.
Asked by British media personality Piers Morgan whether he felt “betrayed” by the Trump administration, Zelensky replied, “Yes.” He told Morgan on Wednesday that it was “a pity that we are losing a strong partner” during an interview on “Piers Morgan Uncensored”, according to CNN.
Trump wrote on social media last week that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to supply markets with Russian diesel as the US president sought to lower energy costs ahead of the midterm elections. The announcement drew criticism from both parties in the United States and angered European allies.
In a clip from the interview shared on “X” before the full programme aired, Zelensky said it was painful when Trump chose one side. “If you’re in the middle, you have to stay in the middle. Not on the wrong side,” he said, adding: “This is not the right side of history.”
Russian forces launched fresh attacks on Ukraine on Monday, hours after Trump said an “energy ceasefire” had taken effect. Neither Moscow nor Kyiv had publicly confirmed the measure.
Both Russian and Ukrainian forces have stepped up aerial attacks on energy infrastructure in recent weeks, while battlefield movements have remained relatively stagnant. The Trump administration had warned Ukraine and European allies that Washington could suspend intelligence sharing and European purchases of US weapons for Kyiv unless Ukraine halted deep strikes on Russian energy facilities.
Intelligence sharing provides Ukraine with information on missile launch sites and the targets of incoming strikes. After Ukrainian officials sought an explanation for a lack of missile warnings, US officials blamed the weather, while Ukrainian officials suspected the disruption was deliberate, CNN reported.
“This will give Russians a real leverage on a frontline at the time when we effectively stopped their advances, and de-occupy the territories,” a Ukrainian official told CNN. A European official also told the network: “America says it was a failure. But it can’t be the truth.”
Zelensky spent the past week seeking support from European leaders. On Wednesday, he held separate meetings in London with Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham and King Charles. Zelensky said Russian drones and ballistic missiles had left more than 600,000 people in Ukraine without power.
