Zelenskyy praises Trump ‘well -informed’ after the pivot of the president’s War of Russia

London – The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, praised his “productive meeting” with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, regardless of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, after which Trump seemed to destroy his skepticism of The Battlefield of long data from the ambitions of the kyiv battlefield.

Shortly after the meeting, Trump wrote on social networks: “After knowing and completely understanding the military and economic situation of Ukraine/Russia and, after seeing the economic problems that are causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and recover all Ukraine in its original form.”

The statement marked a dramatic pivot far from the established position of the White House that kyiv will not be able to release 20% more or less from its internationally recognized territory occupied by the Russian forces since 2014.

Trump has repeatedly suggested that Zelenskyy will have to yield, or “exchange”, some territory to achieve a peace agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling the Ukrainian president in a frantic meeting of the February Oval Office, “does not have the letters.”

But on Tuesday, the president seemed to have changed his tone. “With time, patience and financial support of Europe and, in particular, NATO, the original borders where this war began, is a large extent. Why not?” Trump wrote.

“Russia has been fighting aimlessly for three and a half years, a war that should have taken a real military power less than a week to win,” he continued, suggesting that Moscow was a “paper tiger” citing its failures on the battlefield.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov played Trump’s comments, telling the RBC news agency on Wednesday: “Russia is not a tiger; Russia is more closely associated with a bear. There are no paper bears. Russia is a real bear.”

Peskov also rejected Trump’s suggestion that the Russian economy was fighting. “Let’s not forget that the world has entered a stage of completely unpredictable macroeconomic conditions,” he told RBC.

“We continue our special military operation to protect our interests and achieve the objectives” established by Putin, said Peskov. “We are doing this for the present and future of our country. For many generations to come. Therefore, we have no alternative.”

Trump said Peskov, “he heard the version of Zelenskyy’s events. Apparently, this version was the reason for the evaluation we hear. We cannot agree with everything here.”

It is expected that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets the Secretary of State Frame Rubio apart from the Unga on Wednesday.

When pointing that planned meeting, Peskov said that Russia-United States dialogue channels are working, we are talking to the Americans, and President Putin still values ​​Trump’s will to help, Trump’s will to find a solution together. “

On Tuesday, Zelenskyy told Telegram that he was “grateful to President Trump for strong cooperation with the United States.”

“The president clearly understands the situation and is well informed about all aspects of this war,” added Zelenskyy. “We greatly appreciate your determination to help end this war.”

Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Zelenskyy described Trump’s axis as “a great change, a great change.”

When asked if the publication on Trump’s social networks is a “change of play” for war, Zelenskyy replied: “Trump is a change of play only.”

Zelenskyy added that he believes that the president is now aware of “more details” of what is happening on the battlefield, and suggested that American intelligence about the situation is aligned with that of Ukraine.

Zelenskyy also said that it was “good news” that Russia’s economy is fighting in the middle of the tensions of his large -scale invasion, but that it was “bad news” that Moscow still has the resources to finance his war.

“Trump agreed with me that Putin won’t wait for the end of the war in Ukraine,” he added. “He will try to exploit weak places in Europe, in NATO countries, he will try to do it.”

Oleksandr Merezhko, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament that represents the Zelenskyy party and president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the body, told ABC News that he saw Trump’s statement as a “pleasant surprise, giving some hope that he is finally beginning to see Russia’s war against Ukraine in a different light.”

“At the same time, knowing how often Trump could change his posture, we should be cautiously optimistic,” Merezhko added. “What matters are your actions, concrete steps to help Ukraine, not only rhetoric, however good it is.”

“Trump’s statement implies that the United States will continue to sell weapons to European and NATO countries for Ukraine,” he added. “And it can also be inferred from this statement that Ukraine will not be restricted in the use of US weapons in the territory of Russia.”

Oleksiy Gontentko, a prominent member of the opposition of Parliament, was less optimistic.

“Trump’s statement is not about Ukraine’s victory, it’s about washing the hands of war,” he wrote in Telegram. “He says directly: ‘You deal with the EU there. I hope you succeed. Good luck for everyone!”

“Obviously, at this time, Russia doesn’t want to stop,” Goncharenko added. “But our task is not to risk the lives of hundreds of thousands, but be in defense.”

“The reality is that we are not losing or winning,” he continued, warning that embarking on an expensive “wear war” would be “idiocy.”

ABC News Banned New Traver, Michelle Storet, Han Desistic, Mariam Khan, Anna Sergeeva and Joe Simonetti contributed to this report.