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Add as preferred source on GoogleMedvedev claims European leaders failed to outplay Trump. Uncertainty surrounds Zelenskiy's future actions on territory and security guarantees.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that European leaders had failed to outplay Donald Trump, but that it was unclear how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy would present the issues of territory and a security guarantee.
"The anti-Russian warmongering Coalition of the Willing failed to outplay @POTUS on his turf," Medvedev said in English on X. "Europe thanked & sucked up to him."
Medvedev said the question was "what tune" Zelenskiy would play "about guarantees & territories back home, once he’s put on his green military uniform again."
Trump told Zelenskiy on Monday that the United States would help guarantee Ukraine's security in any deal to end the war in Ukraine, though the extent of any assistance was not immediately clear.
(Reporting by ReutersWriting by Maxim Rodionov; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
Medvedev stated that European leaders failed to outplay Donald Trump and criticized their approach, referring to them as part of the 'Coalition of the Willing.'
Trump told Zelenskiy that the United States would help guarantee Ukraine's security in any deal to end the war, although the specifics of the assistance were not clear.
Medvedev questioned what 'tune' Zelenskiy would play regarding guarantees and territories once he resumes his military role.
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