‘Putin wants to escalate situation so Trump's efforts will fail’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thinks his Russian counterpart has a double agenda.
Indeed, according to Zelensky, Russian President Vladimir Putin is ‘promoting’ his new hypersonic missiles to thwart any ceasefire attempts. Zelensky is then referring specifically to any attempts that newly elected US President Donald Trump might make.
‘Putin does not want an end to this war. More than that, he wants to prevent others from ending it,’ Zelensky said in his evening video address on Thursday. ‘He is going to continue fencing with his Oresjnik missile to thwart President Trump's attempts - which are undoubtedly going to follow after his inauguration. Putin wants to escalate the situation to the point that President Trump will fail. So that this war cannot stop.’
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