Donald Trump has accused Volodymyr Zelensky of destroying Ukraine.
On Thursday, the US president said Mr Zelensky was “more difficult to deal with than [Vladimir] Putin” and called Kyiv’s latest strikes on Russian energy facilities a “disgrace”. Relations between the two leaders hit a new low after Mr Trump struck a deal to buy diesel from Russia last week.
Ukraine’s access to Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starshield satellite system, which supports Kyiv’s battlefield operations, was also limited this week. It emerged on Friday that the order to restrict access had come from inside the White House.
Mr Zelensky criticised Mr Trump on Thursday and said he was “done” with the president’s energy ceasefire, with his forces later striking a Russian oil refinery.
In response, the US president called the renewed Ukrainian attacks a “disgrace” and said Kyiv was driving up global energy prices. » | Emily Smith | Foreign Breaking News Reporter | Friday, October 16, 2026
It is Trump who is the disgrace, not Zelenskyy! If Trump had done his job properly as POTUS, tens of thousands of Ukrainians would still be alive today. Trump is a Russian asset and traitor. Fie on him!
Demonstrably, Trump is not up to the job; so, if he were an honourable man, he’d resign. — © Mark Alexander
