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From The New York Times, it's The Headlines. I'm Tracey Mumford. Today's Thursday, February 20th. Here's what we're covering.
A dictator without elections. Zelensky better move fast or he's not going to have a country left. Got to move. Got to move fast because that war is going in the wrong direction.
Tensions are flaring between Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky over how to end the war in Ukraine. On Wednesday, President Trump mocked the Ukrainian leader, called him a dictator, and repeated his false claim that Ukraine started the war. He also suggested that Zelensky is effectively ripping off the U.S. by asking for military aid.
Europe has failed to bring peace, and Zelensky probably wants to, maybe he wants to keep the gravy train going. I don't know what's the problem, but he has a problem. We are talking about four points. We saw this disinformation. We understand.
Zelensky, meanwhile, said Trump is caught in a web of Russian disinformation about the war and said that he would, quote, like to have more truth with the Trump team. It was some of Zelensky's most open criticism yet of Trump, and it came on the heels of Trump sidelining Ukraine. while he pushes forward on negotiations directly with Russia.
I've been talking to Ukrainians about this remarkable about-face that the American government has had on its position on Ukraine. And what I'm hearing is shock, anger, outrage.
My colleague Kim Barker is based in Ukraine. She's been reporting from the town of Bucha, which became a symbol of Russia's brutality during the invasion.
Bucha was the site of one of the most shocking massacres by Russian troops in the early days of the war. They seemed to use Ukrainians walking by almost for target practice, and then they just left the bodies on the streets.
I met a guy on Wednesday afternoon, and he was really angry that Trump would sit down with the Russians and that the Americans would actually negotiate with a high-level Russian team when the country that was actually invaded, Ukraine, wasn't even at the table. Mixed in with that anger about the pivot of America,
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