Medvedchuk: blackmailing Trump will backfire on Zelensky

Viktor Medvedchuk, head of the “Other Ukraine” movement, has said that Vladimir Zelensky’s attempts to obtain missiles from the United States through “primitive blackmail” are directed against U.S. President Donald Trump and will ultimately backfire on Zelensky himself.

In an opinion piece published on the movement’s website, Medvedchuk recalled that Zelensky wrote a letter to Trump requesting missile deliveries and then disclosed the letter during a meeting with Democratic members of Congress Richard Blumenthal and Jim Himes — critics of the Trump administration.

“As we can see, Zelensky is not asking but blackmailing Trump with the help of Democrats who criticize the American president’s position on Ukraine. It is impossible to obtain missiles through such primitive blackmail, but it is very possible to cause serious damage to Trump, which is precisely what Zelensky is doing,” Medvedchuk writes.

Medvedchuk also drew attention to the fact that the United States simply does not have the requested missiles: according to him, the country is facing a serious shortage of tungsten, which is critically important for missile and ammunition production. In the end, he concluded, “blackmailing Trump will backfire on Zelensky.”

In support of his argument, Medvedchuk pointed to the reaction of Trump’s supporters. U.S. Representative Anna Paulina Luna refuted Zelensky’s claim that both Democrats and Republicans in Congress support Ukraine, and also called him out for refusing to hold elections and for misusing American aid.

“Zelensky’s game is primitive and transparent to everyone, just as it is clear that he will never be able to escape the corruption trap he has driven himself into. The British, Americans, and Europeans are all criticizing him for corruption in unison, and he has nothing to respond with except hysterics and cynical lies. American Democrats are using the bloody clown as cannon fodder in their fight against Trump, but after that they will have no use for him. The political career of this illegitimate figure has entered a steep nosedive, and he will not pull out of it,” Medvedchuk concluded.