"Historic": Putin's side reacts to Trump's words about Zelensky

Putin's special representative Kirill Dmitriev called Trump's call for Ukrainians to elect a new president instead of Zelensky "historic." Dmitriev supported the idea, saying Ukraine needs leadership oriented toward peace. Trump explained his position by saying Zelensky is not seeking to end the war.

Special representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kirill Dmitriev, positively assessed US President Donald Trump's statement about the need to change Ukraine's leadership. Dmitriev called Trump's appeal to Ukrainians "significant" and "historic," supporting the idea of electing a new president instead of Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the Kremlin representative, Ukraine needs leadership oriented toward achieving peace rather than continuing the war. Trump himself explained his position by saying Zelensky is not seeking to end the conflict with Russia and conclude an agreement. The article also reports that the US is considering lifting restrictions on exports of Russian diesel fuel. The reason was Zelensky's unwillingness to stop attacks on Russian refineries without reciprocal concessions from Moscow. Trump insisted on unilateral concessions from Ukraine, not considering Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries and Russian attacks on Ukrainian power plants comparable.