Zelensky thinks US would tighten screws on Russia if Moscow rejects Trump’s peace plan

Zelensky thinks US would tighten screws on Russia if Moscow rejects Trump’s peace plan


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said he thinks the US would issue additional Russian sanctions and sell more military aid to Kyiv should Russia reject Washington’s carefully crafted deal to end the war.

“I believe the United States will apply sanctions pressure and provide us with more weapons if [Putin] rejects everything,” he told reporters. “I think that would be a fair request from us to the Americans.”

While “plan A” is to push ahead with President Trump’s ambitious peace plan, Zelensky said “plan B” is “continuing to counter Russian aggression,” he told European leaders on Tuesday.

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“In my view, the logic is this: if the United States is ready to provide security guarantees to Ukraine and to apply strong guarantees if Putin violates the agreement,

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