Dmytro Kuleba, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, presents his new book “Ukraine 2030 – Vision of a Nation” in an interview with the German press agency.
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US President Donald Trump does not seem concerned about the post -war future of Ukraine, former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, said CNBC among the rapid escalation of tensions between Kijiv and Washington this week.
“I don't think he cares about it. Okay, let me straight it. I believe he doesn't care. I believe that he does not care about any country in the world, except for the United States, “said Steve Sedgwick from CNBC with CNBC Thursday.
Kuleba, which was run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, since 2020 Until his resignation in autumn 2024He said that Trump's only worry was that Ukraine did not change into a failed state, such as Afghanistan and that his plan of Ukraine “would not collapse in a way that would reveal his weakness all over the world … because he has no tolerance for failure. “
“We know him and this is a problem. So he is not about telling him how good Ukraine is and how he deserves his support. It doesn't make sense because he doesn't think so, “said Kuleba. CNBC contacted the White House to respond to Kuleby's comments and waiting for an answer.
The ball left the office in September 2024. Among the serious shuffling of the office designed to refresh the Ukrainian government and introduce new ideas, at a time when Russian forces began to achieve joint profits in the east of the country.
The comments of the former war minister to CNBC appear as these territorial progress continues, while Kiev's relations from the USA, his largest military sponsor since the beginning of the war in 2022, seems to be deteriorating from day to day.
The ties have been tense since the inauguration of President Donald Trump in January. The leader of the White House and older Republican officials expressed skepticism that Ukraine could win the conflict, keeping him, became a war.
Tensions between Ukraine and the USA came to mind this week, because older White House officials met their Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia in order to determine the grounds for peace conversations in Ukraine, while excluding Kiev officials from participating in discussions.
The relations between Trump and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday increased from bad to worse, because the latter described the US president as “living in a Russian disinformation bubble.”
Trump hit Describing the leader during the Ukrainian war was a “dictator without elections”, Referring to the lack of a voting card in a satisfied country since 2019, Ukraine has suspended elections in connection with war law.
The President of Ukraine, Wolodymyr Zelenskyy, contains a press conference in Kiev on February 19, 2025, in which he stated that Russian leaders were “liars” after the attack of the Russian drone, which occurred after talks in Saudi Arabia between Russian and American officials.
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Trump surprised Ukraine and its European allies last week, when he announced that he talked to Russian President Vladimir Putin and that the leaders agreed to conduct peace talks at the end of the war. Trump said that he informed Zelenskyy about the situation, thanks to which the gesture appears as a reflection.
The ball was cynical in terms of peace conversations, saying that Putin was not interested in the contract.
“(Putin) wants to avoid Donald Trump's annoyance. This is his strategy. I don't want a contract. I do not want the Ukrainian land belt. I don't want Ukrainian NATO. I don't want Ukraine. He wants Ukraine not to exist and there should be no illusions in this – said Kuleba.
“You can already see very different tones and approaches on both sides. And the fact that the US delegation seems so excited is a bit strange. I think they have to slow down because they have to understand the page they work with which they work – he said.
Kuleba said that Trump's administration overestimated the ability to influence Putin, claiming that the Russian president had innate distrust to the West.
“Putin does not trust Trump for a very simple reason, because he does not know if Trump's promises will remain … and does not need a temporary solution. He knows that the best warranty for him (IS), that Ukraine will not become a NATO member and non -existence of Ukraine.
CNBC contacted Kremlin to respond to Kuleby's comments and is waiting for an answer.
A special American envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg was in Kiev on Thursday to cooperate with Zelenskyy, but doubts remain about the value of the meeting. Kellogg was absent from the US delegation, which took place to Riyadh at the beginning of its week.
The Ukrainian president and Kellogg were to organize a joint press conference after their meeting, but it was canceled at the US's request, according to the presidential report of Ukraine, in accordance with the Reuters report.
A special envoy of the American in Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg meets the President of the Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, among the Russian attack on Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine, February 20, 2025.
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The current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrian Sybiha said that he discussed the ways of achieving just and lasting peace with an American envoy.
“I confirmed Ukraine's readiness to achieve peace through the strength and our vision of the necessary steps,” Sibiha He said on the social media platform xAdding that “he repeated that the security of Ukraine and Transatlantic is indivisible.”
Elsewhere on Thursday, the National Security Advisor to the White House, Mike Waltz, told Ukraine that he must reduce US criticism, saying that American officials are trying to secure a peace agreement to be accepted for all parties.
“They have to tone and take a look and sign this agreement,” said Waltz Fox News, referring to a critical mineral agreement, in which Trump proposed Ukraine that Kijv should grant the American 50% ownership of the earth's land minerals as the compensation of military assistance he gave Ukraine.
Zelenskyy Apparently he ordered his ministers not to sign on any contract, To which he previously claimed that Trump would give the USA access $ 500 billion of rare land mineralsSpeaking, the proposal was too focused on the US interests and offered Ukraine.