“He lives trapped in a misinformation bubble,” Volodimir Zelenski said of Donald Trump, responding to what the US president said yesterday.
Speaking during a press conference, which he gave on Wednesday afternoon (19.02.25) in the wake of Donald Trump’s statements about receiving his acceptance rates at 4%, Volodimir Zelenski stressed that “I never comment on the popularity rates of my own or other leaders. However, the last poll shows that 57% of the Ukrainian people trust me“
“So if one wants to replace me at that time, he won’t succeed“, He added.
The Ukrainian president also noted that “many misinformation comes from Russia” and is allegedly moving to the US. “Unfortunately, President Trump, with all the respect we have as the leader of a respectable nation, lives in this misinformation bubble“
The Ukrainian president argued that the US “helped Putin come out of diplomatic isolation”, which, he said, was “absolutely fair because of their full -scale invasion” in Ukraine.
Zelenski also questioned Trump allegations that Ukraine has received $ 500 billion from the US to help in the proposal “reward in mineral resources”.
“This is not a serious discussionHe stressed, however, stating his readiness for cooperation “in a serious document” if it includes “security guarantees”.
Zelenski also accused the US and its representatives in talks with Russia in Riyadh to describe the invasion as a “conflict” and not just, as the Ukrainian president said, “Putin’s war against us.” “They embellish things“, He said.
As he said, he had a similar discussion with the previous US government when he reacted to a “conflict” in official documents.
“It is an attempt to turn a turn to alleviate the terms that Russia is doing to us, and we stand up to our stature. It’s not a terrible thing, but we have to recognize what’s going on, “he said.
57% of Ukrainians trust Zelenski
The percentage of confidence in Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski is at 57%after three years of the start of the Russian invasion, according to a poll published in Ukraine today.
Particularly critical, the US president reported yesterday’s non -held elections in Ukraine while Zelenski’s term ended in May 2024 and said his Ukrainian counterpart was in “4% of positive opinion“
But according to the latest telephone poll by the International Institute of Sociology of Kiev (KIIS), over 57% of Ukrainians said they trust the state leader, a percentage increased compared to December 2024 (52%) and marginally lower in Relationship with September 2024 (59%).
According to a poll that was held in early February by the Institute, in a sample of 1,000 people inhabited in territories controlled by Kiev, 37% of the population does not trust Zelenski, compared to 39% in December 2024 and 37% in September 2024.
“President Zelenski maintains a fairly high level of confidence in society“And” maintains its legality “, mainly in the context of possible peace negotiations, the KIIS Institute commented in a statement.
For the “majority” of Ukrainians, “Elections should take place as soon as the war is finished and Ukraine will have received at least reliable guarantees in terms of security“, Added the Institute.
Zelenski was elected President in April 2019 with the promise of ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine with the pro -Russian separatists, who were under the guidance of Moscow, and to eliminate corruption.
His popularity percentage was subsequently reduced before rising to almost 90% after the Russian invasion in 2022. He then began to decline.
Zelenski has often argued that it is impossible to organize elections while the military law is in force, while millions of Ukrainians have fled abroad and 20% of the country is under Russian control.
