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The US president was asked about Mr Zelensky's recent offer to purchase more Patriot air defence systems from the Trump administration.
“I don't know. He's always looking to purchase missiles, you know, he's against… listen. When you start a war, you got to know that you can win the war, right? You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size. And then hope that people give you some missiles,” Mr Trump said.
His remarks come shortly after he defended Russia’s “terrible” missile attack on Sumy as a “mistake”.
“I think it was terrible and I was told they made a mistake, but I think it's a horrible thing. I think the whole war is a horrible thing,” he told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday evening, referring to the attack that killed 34 and injured at least 117 people.
Trump defends Russia after missile attack kills 34: 'Mistake'
US President Donald Trump has defended Russia’s “terrible” missile attack on Sumy as a “mistake”.
“I think it was terrible and I was told they made a mistake, but I think it's a horrible thing. I think the whole war is a horrible thing,” he told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday evening.
Arpan Rai15 April 2025 04:12
Trump envoy says Ukraine could be carved up like post-war Berlin
Ukraine could be partitioned like Berlin after the Second World War as part of a peace deal, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia has suggested.
Retired lieutenant general Keith Kellogg said in an interview with The Times that UK and French troops could adopt zones of control in the west of the country, forming a “reassurance force”.
Russia’s army could remain in the occupied east, and between the two would be Ukrainian forces and a demilitarised zone, said Gen Kellogg, who was previously national security adviser to former vice-president Mike Pence.
Arpan Rai15 April 2025 04:09
Russian missile strike kills dozens in Palm Sunday attack on Ukraine’s Sumy
Two ballistic weapons hit the city centre at about 10:15 am local time [GMT 07:15] on one of busiest church-going days of the year, destroying a bus and several cars.
Pictures from the scene showed lines of black body bags on the side of the road and bodies wrapped in foil blankets.
Arpan Rai15 April 2025 04:09
Trump again blames Zelensky for 'starting' Ukraine war
Donald Trump has once again falsely blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for “starting” the war in Ukraine without acknowledging Russia’s military invasion.
The US president was asked about Mr Zelensky's recent offer to purchase more Patriot missiles from the Trump administration.
“I don't know. He's always looking to purchase missiles, you know, he's against… listen. When you start a war, you got to know that you can win the war, right? You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size. And then hope that people give you some missiles,” Mr Trump said.
He has previously also blamed Mr Zelensky for “starting” the Ukraine war, called the Ukrainian president a “dictator” and then refuted his own statement.
In February this year, the US president pointed fingers at Kyiv for Moscow’s 2022 invasion and claimed Ukraine had “started the war” in remarks that sent shockwaves around the world.
Arpan Rai15 April 2025 04:00
UK sends Ukraine second part of its $3bn war loan
The UK has sent Ukraine £752m ($990m) to buy air defences and artillery as part of a broader $50bn international loan programme backed by frozen Russian assets, Britain's government said.
"The world is changing before our eyes, reshaped by global instability, including Russian aggression in Ukraine," finance minister Rachel Reeves said.
Defence secretary John Healey has said Britain would give Ukraine £4.5bn of support this year and that the funds would be used to purchase air defences, artillery and spare parts for vehicles and other equipment.
Other British aid includes help by its defence ministry to procure radar systems, anti-tank mines and hundreds of thousands of drones.
Arpan Rai15 April 2025 03:48
Trump's claim Sumy strike was 'mistake' is propaganda: Ukraine
A senior Ukrainian MP has urged the FBI to investigate who is spreading Russian propaganda in the White House after President Trump called a deadly Russian missile strike a “mistake”.
Oleksandr Merezhko described Trump's statement about the attack on Sumy as “disturbing”.
“It’s like saying that 9/11 was just a ‘mistake’ by al-Qaeda,” the chairman of the Ukrainian parliament’s foreign affairs committee said.
“It a very disturbing statement by Trump which both encourages Putin to continue atrocities and demonstrates that someone in Trump’s entourage is pushing Russian narratives.”
Arpan Rai 15 April 2025 03:34
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