Published February 20,2025
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Australia Thursday reiterated Canberra’s assist for Kyiv after US President Donald Trump known as Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator.”
“Australia stands with Ukraine in their struggle, which is a struggle not just for their own national sovereignty, but it’s a struggle to stand up for the international rule of law,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese advised reporters.
Meanwhile, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles known as Russia the “aggressor” within the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv.
Zelenskyy shouldn’t be a “dictator” and “this conflict can only be resolved on Ukraine’s terms,” Marles advised Sky News.
Australian opposition chief Peter Dutton additionally weighed in on the US president’s remarks, which he known as had been “wrong.”
Trump known as the Ukrainian president a “dictator” and “modestly successful comedian” who “talked” the US into “the war that can’t be won.”
Trump additionally known as on Ukraine to carry presidential elections after the US engaged in peace talks with Russia which have thus far excluded Kyiv.
Zelenskyy has bristled at not being included within the negotiations, in addition to Trump’s claims that it was Ukraine, not Russia, that started the continued conflict.
Ukraine was to carry elections in April 2024 when Zelenskyy’s five-year presidential time period ran out, however the nation is presently beneath a state of martial legislation as a result of almost three-year-long conflict since February 2022.
Source: www.anews.com.tr