Trump Still Won’t Say Putin Is To Blame For The Ukraine War

Donald Trump has once again refused to say who he thinks is responsible for the ongoing Ukraine war.

Vladimir Putin illegally invaded Russia’s European neighbour more than four years ago and his forces now hold around a fifth of Ukraine’s sovereign territory.

The Russia leader has refused to withdraw his troops or compromise on any peace negotiations despite growing economic pressures from the cost of the war.

Trump took it upon himself to resolve the Ukraine conflict within the first 24 hours of his second term, but he has failed to make any significant progress.

Putin has refused to come to the negotiation table even when Trump rolled out the red carpet.

Yet the US president would still not name Russia as the aggressor during the G7 summit in France on Wednesday.

Asked if he believed Putin was more responsible for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, he said: “I don’t want to comment on that because I’m trying to get it settled.

“That doesn’t make it easy.”

Trump has falsely blamed Zelenskyy for delays in the peace process since returning to the White House.

He has turned his attention away from Ukraine since the US and Israel decided to launch strikes on Tehran at the end of February.

However, the US president told reporters on Wednesday: “I had very good talks with president Zelenskyy and president Putin.

“We’d like to see that one end.

“I ended eight wars. To be honest with you, I thought this would have been one of the easier ones.

“But they’re not liking each other too much and that’s making it more difficult.

“But we’re working on it. I’ve had two good conversations with president Zelenskyy and president Putin.”

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