Africa Business News

Volodymyr Zelensky says the eve of the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion — that he was ready to quit as Ukraine’s president if it meant Kyiv would be admitted to the NATO military alliance. Zelensky says he wanted to meet Donald Trump before the US president meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Zelensky and Trump have been engaged in a war of words since US and Russian officials met last week in Saudi Arabia for their first high-level talks in three years. The move undermined the West’s policy of isolating the Kremlin and infuriated Ukrainian and European leaders, excluded from the meeting. Trump has branded Zelensky a “dictator”, falsely claimed Ukraine “started” the war also claimed, contrary to independent opinion polls, that Zelensky was unpopular at home. Zelensky said he was not “offended” by Trump’s comments and was ready to test his popularity in elections once martial law ends in Ukraine. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/africa-business-news--4166