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Trump warns Zelensky time is running out for Ukraine

Hans van Leeuwen

London | Donald Trump warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr that he must move quickly to secure peace or risk losing his country, raising fears the White House plans to end the three-year-old war on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s terms.

In a blistering broadside against Zelensky, the US president castigated the democratically elected leader as a dictator. In a post on his Truth Social channel, he blamed the Ukrainian for starting the war, and warned him that he “better move fast, or he is not going to have a country left”.

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Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com

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