Zelenskyy hits back at Trump's comments, says Ukraine is not for sale

Zelenskyy hit back at President Trump's accusation that Ukraine started its war with Russia, saying the president is trapped in a “disinformation bubble."

KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hit back at Donald Trump's accusation overnight that Ukraine started its war with Russia, saying that the American president is trapped in a “disinformation bubble” and adding that his country was not for sale.

The pugnacious response followed Trump’s surprising comments Tuesday that Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s invasion of the country three years ago. Trump also argued that Kyiv could have made a deal to avoid the conflict.

The president added that his Ukrainian counterpart's approval ratings sat at 4% in Ukraine — despite an opinion poll released Wednesday by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology showing that 57% of Ukrainians trust Zelenskyy.

Zelenskyy speaking in Ankara, Turkey on Tuesday.Evrim Aydin / Anadolu via Getty Images“As we are talking about 4%, we have seen this disinformation, we understand it’s coming from Russia,” Zelenskyy told a news conference in Kyiv on Wednesday, as he dismissed Trump’s claim.

He added that any attempts to replace him during the war would fail — Trump raised the question of Ukrainian elections following Russian President Vladimir Putin's repeated assertions that Zelenskyy is not Ukraine's legitimate leader — contending that the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians would not support concessions to Russia.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/zelenskyy-trump-putin-war-ukraine-russia-started-rcna192765

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