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Ukrainecast

Trump calls Zelensky a “dictator”

Ukrainecast

BBC

News Commentary, News

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

President Trump has launched a fresh attack on President Zelensky, calling him a "dictator" and saying he has done a "terrible job".

Zelensky earlier accused the US president of "living in a disinformation space" created by Russia.

Victoria and Vitaly analyse how this diplomatic row is playing out.

And Victoria speaks to Russia’s ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin.

Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producer was Ben Carter. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The assistant editor is Ben Mundy. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480

You can join the Ukrainecast discussion on Newscast’s Discord server here: tinyurl.com/ukrainecastdiscord

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0:00.0

Hello, it's 10092 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

0:10.6

And there's a major diplomatic row between President Zelensky and President Trump.

0:17.6

This was Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier today.

0:23.8

We are seeing a lot of disinformation, and it's coming from Russia.

0:27.4

We understand this, and we have proof that these figures are being discussed between America and Russia.

0:32.6

Unfortunately, President Trump, with all due respect for him as a leader of a nation that we respect greatly, the American

0:38.4

people are living in this disinformation space.

0:42.3

The disinformation picture he was responding to?

0:45.6

Those claims made last night by President Trump.

0:49.5

Like this.

0:50.5

I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it's going very well.

0:55.0

But today I heard, oh, we weren't invited.

0:57.0

Well, you've been there for three years. You should have ended it three years.

1:00.0

You should have never started it. You could have made a deal.

1:03.0

And this.

1:04.0

We have a situation where we haven't had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law, essentially martial law in Ukraine,

1:13.8

where the leader in Ukraine, I mean, I hate to say it, but he's down at 4% approval rating.

1:20.0

And yeah, I would say that, you know, when they want a seat at the table, you could say the

1:24.2

people have to, wouldn't the people of Ukraine have to say like, you know,

1:28.5

it's been a long time since we've had an election. That's not a Russia thing. That's something

1:33.1

coming from me and coming from many other countries also. Those are the kind of claims that echo

1:38.4

what President Putin essentially has been saying over the last few years.

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