The Daily Populous Saturday February 22nd, 2025 evening edition
Authored by kyivindependent.com and submitted by hodgkinthepirate

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U.S. President Donald Trump admitted on Feb. 21 that Russia launched the full-scale war by attacking Ukraine.

Earlier in the week, Trump blamed Ukraine for starting the war, saying Kyiv "should have never started it" and instead should have "made a deal."

During an interview with Fox News Radio, Trump conceded that Russia, not Ukraine, was the aggressor.

"Russia attacked, but they shouldn't have let him attack," he said.

Trump said that President Volodymyr Zelensky and former U.S. President Joe Biden should have taken steps to prevent the full-scale invasion. In the same interview, Trump claimed that Zelensky was not important to future peace negotiations.

The U.S. did not invite Zelensky or any Ukrainians to participate in talks between Russian and American officials in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 18. In the interview, Trump claimed there was no reason to invite Zelensky "because he did such a bad job in negotiating so far."

Trump has used increasingly hostile rhetoric towards Zelensky in recent days, calling him a dictator and accusing him of being partly to blame for Russia's attacks.

Russia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

BeingHonestWithYou on February 22nd, 2025 at 09:32 UTC »

This is a shitshow. It would be enjoyable, But this man has too much power just by saying some stupid words, changing his opinion everyday like some bipolar schizophrenic. 4 more years of this and i'm already tired.

Shallowmoustache on February 22nd, 2025 at 09:25 UTC »

You know shit is going south when Fox news are the ones pushing for the truth.

Do_itsch on February 22nd, 2025 at 09:20 UTC »

So Russia did attack Ukraine, but they are not the Aggressor. Ok