Russia and Putin · Second term · № 122

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Accused Ukraine's leadership of 'zero gratitude' and said Putin 'would never have attacked' under him

“UKRAINE "LEADERSHIP" HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS, AND EUROPE CONTINUES TO BUY OIL FROM RUSSIA.”
Said
, Truth Social
Subject
'Zero gratitude' post
Type
Ukraine
Topic
Ukraine & Russia
Era
Second term

What happened

On the morning U.S. and Ukrainian delegations met in Geneva to revise the 28-point plan, he posted that the war 'would have NEVER HAPPENED' with 'proper U.S. and Ukrainian LEADERSHIP,' that Putin 'would never have attacked' had the 2020 election not been 'RIGGED & STOLEN,' and that Ukraine's leadership had 'EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS.' Zelensky had publicly thanked the United States two days earlier and the Ukrainian delegation in Geneva 'reaffirmed its gratitude' to Trump personally in the joint statement issued that day. The post repeated a formulation Putin used in Alaska, that the war would not have started had Trump been president. The Geneva talks produced what both sides called an 'updated and refined peace framework' that later became a 20-point plan.

Sources

  1. Truth Social Posts of November 23, 2025 The American Presidency Project, Nov 23, 2025
  2. Joint Statement by the United States and Ukraine on Peace Talks in Geneva, Switzerland The American Presidency Project, Nov 23, 2025
  3. Zelenskyy says Ukraine has impossible choice as Trump pushes plan to end war The Guardian, Nov 21, 2025
  4. Trump and Putin Alaska summit: Five takeaways from the meeting BBC News, Aug 16, 2025