LONDON — Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom on Thursday accused the United States under Donald Trump of “destroying” the world order, as he attacked U.S. handling of the war in Ukraine.
Speaking at a think tank event, Valery Zaluzhny — a former Ukrainian general sent to represent Kyiv in London last year — said actions by the White House under U.S. President Trump had called into question “the unity of the whole Western world.”
The intervention came despite cooling public rhetoric between Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelenskky in recent days, after a disastrous meeting between the two leaders in the Oval Office last week.
The Ukrainian government appeared to distance itself from Zaluzhny’s remarks Thursday afternoon. When approached by POLITICO, its foreign ministry responded that the opinion voiced by the Ukrainian ambassador had been his personal position.
Zaluzhny said at the Chatham House think tank: “We see that it is not just the axis of evil and Russia trying to revise the world order, but the U.S. is finally destroying this order.”
He warned that Trump’s negotiations with Russia for an end to the war were a sign the White House was making “steps towards the Kremlin, trying to meet them halfway.”
Since entering office, Trump has pledged to end Russia’s war with Ukraine — but has moved ahead with peace talks without directly involving Ukraine, pulled U.S. aid for the country, and refused to commit to security guarantees in a post-war settlement.
Zaluzhny previously served as the military’s commander-in-chief and was widely praised for repelling Russia’s full-scale invasion of February 2022. However, he was dismissed early last year after Kyiv’s counter-offensive stalled, and became the ambassador to the U.K. in July.
The ambassador suggested Moscow’s next target “could be Europe,” and said a recent pause in intelligence-sharing was “a huge challenge for the entire world.”
His remarks came after POLITICO reported Thursday that four senior members of Trump’s entourage had held secret discussions with some of Zelenskyy’s top domestic political opponents.
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