Trump calls out Europe for ‘funding’ Putin’s war and failing to ‘pressure’ China

President Donald Trump Calls on European leaders to stop “funding” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and accused them of not putting pressure on China.

Ukrainian president in statement to Fox News after calling between Trump Volodymyr Zelenskyy European leaders meeting in Paris said: “President Trump stressed that Europe must stop buying Russian oil that finances the war – Russia received 1.1 billion euros [nearly $1.3 billion] EU fuel sales within one year.

“The president also stressed that European leaders must put economic pressure on China to fund Russia’s war efforts,” the official added.

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The EU has greatly slashed Russian oil imports after Ukraine’s invasion, although the president’s comments have not completely cut back on energy imports from Moscow.

The White House has not confirmed where it pulls the numbers or the time it quotes.

The official stressed the fact that the United States under Trump is not a member of the coalition aimed at supporting Ukraine, saying:[French] President [Emmanuel] Macron and European leaders called President Trump to join their “voluntary conference coalition.”

The White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff also attended the Paris meeting and was considered a handshake and hug when the meeting began Thursday. video Published by Macron’s office.

Despite the tough tone of the White House, Macron described the willing coalition on Thursday as “real progress in Paris.”

It is not clear what to iron during the summit during the summit, although Macron said after the meeting that about 26 countries had deployed troops to Ukraine on the day after the ceasefire agreement “deployed through land, ocean or air.”

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Zelenskyy said in an article on X that the focus of the meeting was on how to raise Putin’s “pressure” to end his three and a half years of war.

“We talked about how to push the situation toward real peace,” Zelensky said. “We discussed different options and most importantly, using strong measures, especially economic pressures to force the war to end.

He added: “The key to peace is to deprive Russia of its war machine and deprive resources.”

Zelenskyy also said leaders discussed how to better defend Ukrainian skies from constant bomb attacks by missiles and drones. Russiaalthough the White House did not answer the question of Fox News’ digital numbers on whether the United States guarantees further support.

“Ukraine has proposed a format to protect our sky for the United States to consider,” Zelensky said. “I thank President Trump for his support of our people. We agree to further contact.”

The meeting is only on the second day Putin meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping North Korean leader Kim Jong Un participated in a military parade to commemorate the hostilities of World War II 80 years ago.

China and North Korea have been staunch supporters in Putin’s war Ukraine Reprimand from the West.

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Putin also invited Zelenskyy to meet him in Moscow on Wednesday, with Ukrainian and Western security officials being marked as unwise under pressure from Trump to ask them to meet.

Trump said he will talk to Putin in the coming days.