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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's qualities, including being both decisive and unpredictable, could assist in stopping Russian President Vladimir Putin.
, which would grant a hearty boost to the American defense industry, he said in a new interview with podcaster Lex Fridman. The US and its allies banned any transactions with Moscow’s central bank and finance ministry following Russia ’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, freezing roughly $300 billion of Russia n government assets in financial institutions in the West.
“We don’t need gifts from the United States,” he said. “It will be very good for your industry, for the United States. We will put money there. Russian money, not Ukrainian, not European. Russian money, Russian assets. They have to pay for this.” The Ukrainian president explained that such an endeavor would amount to a “security guarantee” to help push Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiation table.Trump’s strength, ‘unpredictability’ could end Ukraine war quickly, Zelensky says Embattled Ukraine ambassador says brooch given to Jill Biden cost ‘less than 1 dollar’ after WH estimated $14K Zelensky said he offered his idea to Trump, with whom he last met in Paris on Dec. 6 when they were in the French capital for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral. At the time, Trump demanded that “there should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin,” he said in a post to Truth Social.Zelensky said his country doesn’t “need gifts from the United States” and that the proposal would boost the American economy.“ should have never started, and could go on forever,” he said. Zelensky further said he hoped Trump would be swift to implement tougher sanctions on Russia than his predecessor before a ceasefire agreement is reached.“With all due respect to the United States and to the administration, I don’t want the same situation like we had with Biden,” he said. “I ask for sanctions now, please, and weapons now, and then we will see.”“It’s different when you have weapons. Putin wouldn’t have been able to occupy so much territory,” he said. “It was very difficult for us to push him out, but we didn’t have weapons before and that is the same situation. It can be the same situation.” “I want to be very honest with you and with your audience. Yes, it’s true, if we do not have security guarantees, Putin will come again.”in the interview, remarking that the president-elect showed he was “much stronger” than both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris — both “intellectually and physically.”“It was an important point to show that if you want to have a strong country, you have to be strong. And he was strong,” Zelensky said of the 78-year-old soon-to-be president. “And this number of rallies, what I said, is not a simple thing. He showed that he can. He’s strong. So he doesn’t have any questions with his, I mean his age, et cetera. Nothing,” he continued. “He is young. He is young and his brain works. So I think it’s important, very important.”Tourist, 22, killed by elephant in front of her boyfriend at Thai sanctuary Canadian PM Justin Trudeau expected to announce resignation after mounting calls for him to step down: reportRetiree, 71, heading to church service fights back when group of teen girls attack, try to rob her in NYC subway station: 'Not today'Judge says Trump won’t face jail, fine in ‘hush money’ case as he schedules sentencing for 10 days before inaugurationGirls' trip hires psychic to draw their soulmates — to scary results
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