Ukraine president targets Trump and Putin at EU summit

Author: aljazeera.comPublished on: October 16, 2026Country: Ukraine

World / InternationalPolitics

Ukraine president targets Trump and Putin at EU summit

After an EU summit in Belgium, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia’s ambitions extend beyond eastern Ukraine. He said Russian drone attacks threaten NATO. Zelenskyy also took a jibe at US President Donald Trump, who had said Zelenskyy was harder to deal with than Vladimir Putin.

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