Zelesnky Says Trump Doesn’t Have Plan To End War In Ukraine & Russia Plans To Attack NATO States

Zelensky lashed out at Trump after claiming te US president does not have a plan to end the war in Ukraine

According to the Ukrainian leader Russia is preparing to attack Nato states next year and Donald Trump does not have a plan to end the war

Zelesnky has been leading a backlash against the White House – along with the UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer – over concessions made by Trump as part of a proposed Ukraine-Russia peace deal.

The Mail Online report: His comments came after it emerged that on Wednesday Mr Trump had spoken to Russian president Vladimir Putin for an hour and a half about the conflict, sparking horror.

In a chilling warning, Mr Zelensky said that intelligence reports suggest Putin is ‘preparing for war against Nato countries next year’, and that in anticipation of the conflict widening, Russia plans to deploy up to 150,000 troops to neighbouring Belarus.

The country is closely aligned with Russia and could act as a launch pad for an invasion of nearby Baltic states or Poland.

Setting out the concessions on Wednesday, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth effectively ruled out Ukraine joining Nato, saying the US ‘does not believe Nato membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement’ with Russia.

He also told Kyiv its ambition to recover territory seized by Russia was ‘delusional’, and that an expectation to return to pre-2014 Ukraine borders would be ‘unrealistic’.

Mr Hegseth, a former Fox News presenter who has no political experience, ruled out the US being part of, or contributing financially towards post-conflict peacekeepers on the ground – which could have huge financial and military implications for Britain.

Yesterday, after the UK and European allies backed Ukraine, Mr Zelensky said that what he had heard so far from Mr Trump was ‘definitely not enough to form a peace plan’.

He also accused the US of ‘varied’ messaging over the conflict – a reference to Mr Hegseth’s remarks and the desperate scramble by US officials to ‘walk them back’. 

Mr Zelensky told a security conference in Munich: ‘We will never recognise occupied territories as Russian. We want to be in Nato, yes. 

‘We trust Nato’s security guarantees. I think this is the cheapest option for everyone.’

Sir Keir assured him yesterday that Ukraine was on ‘an irreversible path’ to Nato membership.

The Prime Minister was also unequivocal that there could not be peace talks without Ukraine and said the UK’s support for the country remained ‘concrete’. 

A Downing Street spokesman said: ‘Ukraine needs strong security guarantees, further lethal aid and a sovereign future.

‘The PM reiterated the UK’s commitment to Ukraine being on a path to Nato, as agreed by allies at the Washington summit last year.’