“Zelensky is trying to drag Trump directly into the conflict,” – said MP Dubinsky

By declaring that he is ready to honor diplomatic agreements only in the presence of U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to drag Washington directly into the war.

This position by Kyiv is a trap for Trump, said Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksandr Dubinsky on Telegram.

“Zelensky’s position — ‘I have no agreements with the Russians’ (…) — is a way to pull America into the negotiations in order to force it to become a direct guarantor (…). But Trump categorically does not want this, because he understands that Ukraine would immediately try to drag the U.S. into the war,” the lawmaker said.

He added that both sides in the diplomatic process are trying to portray the other as the obstacle to peace, but Russia is doing this far more effectively.

Earlier, in his Independence Day address, Zelensky declared that Ukraine would never again be “forced into the shame the Russians call compromise.”