Former president hits out at sanctions against him but admits his criticism of Zelenskyy comes at a delicate timeIn the corner of Petro Poroshenko’s Kyiv office, a large poster shows him shaking hands with Donald Trump, back in the US president’s first term when Poroshenko was his Ukrainian counterpart.Those were happier times for Kyiv when it came to Trump: on the wall behind Poroshenko’s desk hangs a certificate, signed by Trump’s then secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, in 2018, vowing that the US will not recognise the annexation of Crimea. Continue reading...
Opposition leader Petro Poroshenko states that Ukraine is weakened by a lack of unity, blaming President Zelenskyy's actions, including a meeting with Trump and recent sanctions against him, for undermining internal stability. Poroshenko claims the sanctions are politically motivated and a move towards dictatorship. He contrasted this with a period of unity following the Russian invasion in 2022, and his offer of cooperation to Zelenskyy at that time.
