Trump calls the hatred between Putin and Zelensky over the Ukrainian issue ridiculous.
The US president, Donald Trump also picked the right day to spout his views on the Ukrainian issue. It is the day that is exactly 40 years since the explosion at the nuclear facility of Cernobyl. But also on the day, 40 years later today, that is, that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky invited the head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Odile Renaud – Basso to the Chernobyl nuclear facility to indicate to him the degree of damage from Russian fire and to consider the possibility of funding for repair. It should be noted that the damage to the nuclear facility was caused in February 2025 by a Russian drone.
Trump to Putin and Zelensky
But this seemed of little interest to Donald Trump, who in a statement to the US Fox News network was quick to say: “We are working on the situation in Russia, Russia and Ukraine and we hope we can get it done.” Although he did not reveal when he had last spoken to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump said: “I’m having conversations with him, and I’m having conversations with President Zelensky, and good conversations.” But in his grotesque style, Donald Trump was quick to say: “The hatred between President Putin and President Zelensky is ridiculous. It’s crazy. And hatred is a bad thing.” “Thate is a bad thing when you’re trying to settle something, but it will be done,” Donald Trump added in the same tone.
With the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
But the ongoing war in Ukraine doesn’t seem to be abating. And the damage to the nuclear facility at Chernobyl is causing BOldimir Zelensky great concern. For this reason he invited the head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Odile Renaud – Basso.
The two men discussed “enhancing international assistance aimed at repairing the enclosure over Unit 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which was damaged by a Russian drone in February 2025” and “addressing the long-term consequences of the Chernobyl disaster”.
40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident
In a message commemorating 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear accident, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said: “Nobody could have imagined that decades after Chernobyl – after all that countries have done to ensure radiological safety and protect lives – someone would want to turn Chernobyl, the facilities that remain here and the Exclusion Zone itself into a battlefield.”
“And the worst thing is that when the Russians arrived at Chernobyl, it became clear that they had absolutely no understanding of where they had come from and what this place was,” Volodymyr Zelenski stressed. “It is important to understand this about today’s Russia – about this state, about what is left of their culture and about the way they treat people, the way they treat life as a whole,” he added.
Russian attacks on the Chernobyl facility
In the same vein, and describing how the Russian army is advancing on Ukrainian territory, Volodymyr Zelensky said: “The Russians tried to advance towards Kiev through this region and take the capital. They dug military positions here in forests with limited access, drove military equipment into this land, deployed artillery here and fired from this area, destroyed equipment and mistreated our people working at the Chernobyl plant and related facilities.” “Some of our Ukrainian military, including those from the National Guard of Ukraine who guarded the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, are, unfortunately, still captive in Russia,” Volodymyr Zelensky stressed.
Failures at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear facility as well
Talking about the failure at the nuclear facility in Zaporizia, Volodymyr Zelensky denounced the Russians for having turned that nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, “into an instrument for their war“. “From there they launch attacks against our towns and villages, they store weapons, ammunition and military equipment at the station, they have mined its perimeter and are basically holding our town of Enerhodar hostage,” Volodymyr Zelensky stressed. “The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has already suffered a complete blackout fourteen times,” the Ukrainian president stressed.
Describing Russia’s aggressive actions against Ukraine’s nuclear facilities as “irresponsible” and “reckless“, Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his call to the international community for “strict global sanctions”. “Resistance to evil must be strong and support for those defending lives must also be sufficiently strong,” the Ukrainian president stressed.
