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Furious Zelenskyy Strikes Back as Trump’s Plan Backfires!!!!

01 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: How has Zelenskyy responded to Trump's sanctions on Russia?

0.031 - 16.504 Ben Meiselas

A very furious Ukrainian President Zelensky is striking back hard and checkmating Donald Trump in public as Donald Trump removed sanctions against Russian oil. And then just yesterday, Trump removed additional sanctions

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against Russian shipping vessels as Donald Trump continues to attack NATO and say that after this war is over with Donald Trump's catastrophic war against Iran, we're going to pull out of NATO or we'll see what we're going to do about NATO. Zelensky is uniting Europe and making it very clear

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34.726 - 60.598 Ben Meiselas

not only is ukraine part of europe but ukraine is going to be a leader in europe when it is welcomed into the european union eventually and it should have already happened already in my humble opinion but that ukraine is providing the security umbrella for europe and that a strong european security umbrella could allow europe to become a leader of the free world and by the way

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i wouldn't be shocked if that aligns with kind of the canadian military interests as well and then some of the interests in asia that mike mark carney is helping to unite and i think zielinski is a critical and pivotal player in that let me just show you what went down over the past 12 to 24 hours as well i mean it's one of the things

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that Zelensky's been repeating though, is he goes, you know, what do you think about Donald Trump liking you and does he like you? Zelensky goes, look, I'm not a box of chocolate or a car to be liked or not liked. What matters is I serve my people and fulfill my duties.

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And then yesterday, President Zelensky gave this powerful speech and said, you know, when I toured the Middle East, when I met with the leaders of Qatar and UAE, and Saudi Arabia and Jordan and Kuwait.

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And they were asking for Ukrainians help in building a security umbrella there that the United States could not do as they were asking for our drone interceptor technology, our drone surveillance technology, our affirmative drone offensive capabilities, our unmanned vessel capabilities and unmanned vessel interceptor technology. What was obvious to these Arab nations,

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is that Ukraine is Europe, Europe is Ukraine, and Ukraine is a leader in providing security for its allies. Watch what he said yesterday. Powerful speech indeed. Here, play this clip.

153.668 - 185.22 Volodymyr Zelenskyy

In the Middle East and the Gulf, when countries turn to Ukraine for support, they see Ukraine as Europe. They see it as working with Europe. No one there doubts that Ukraine is Europe. Ukraine's contribution to global stability is seen as Europe's contribution by everyone in the world. So why, in some key issues, is Ukraine still limited as a part of Europe?

Chapter 2: What role is Ukraine playing in uniting Europe?

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So, yeah, you know, we're going to let up the sanctions on Russia and let them sell their oil and make billions of dollars a day.

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you know we're going to invite the russian duma leaders to the capital to capitol hill and we're gonna then also release uh russian sanctions or remove russian sanctions on certain vessels but we're just we're just too busy to deal with that we're focused on iran right now what are you focused on doing there donald trump doing press conferences where he just lies every day here play this clip we have such risks

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260.429 - 272.586 Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Of course, because American side, it's not a secret, they're very open with this, that their focus is Iran. that Ukraine is not the first priority.

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273.568 - 299.38 Volodymyr Zelenskyy

They shared this message with my team, and my team said that, look, but in any way, we have such big... They said, yes, it's very important for us, the situation in Ukraine, the situation with the war Russia against Ukraine, but you have to know that our army is in Iran, and that's why our focus is on Middle East. We hope, they say, we hope that in the closest future the war will end,

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and we will come back to yours.

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And then Zelensky, in this very revealing moment, says, I'll tell you what the United States has been repeating over and over again, that Donald Trump and Marco Rubio in the US, they keep on saying, withdraw from Donbass, get out of Donbass, and then we could try to make a deal. You just give up your territory, give up the Donbas region. And Zelensky's like, I'm not gonna give up Donbas.

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Like, what are you talking about? Here, play this clip.

328.288 - 359.218 Volodymyr Zelenskyy

You have to withdraw and we will give you security guarantees. And it doesn't matter what way, I heard it not once. So it's understandable for us, and it's understandable for Russians, and it's very understandable for American side. It's truth, but it's not about just America, American side, it's the ultimatum from Russia. For today, American side can't change the ultimatum of Russia.

359.398 - 375.199 Volodymyr Zelenskyy

I think they can. I think that President Trump has enough power for this. He demonstrated it, not once. He has this to change Russian, these narratives.

Chapter 3: How is Zelenskyy providing security in the Middle East?

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with only 22 tankers for the whole of last week down 45 percent and as this kiev independent story explains hundreds of kilometers inside russia oil refineries burst into flames like 40 percent of the oil refineries in russia have now been taken out between 40 and 50 percent by ukraine and the sky above airfields and weapon factories are filled with thick black smoke.

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The data shows Ukraine is systematically targeting Russian air defense systems to open gaps in coverage and reach critical infrastructure like weapons factories deep inside the territory. Also, in terms of Ukraine's ability to strike down these FPV drones, ballistic missiles, and Shahi drones. Take a look at Ukraine's interception rate as it continues to improve.

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In October 2025, 79%, 84% in November, 81% in December. In 2026, in January, 83% interception rate, 87% interception rate in February, a 90% interception rate in March. No wonder all of these nations want to cut deals with Ukraine to help stop the Iranian ballistic missile Shaheen drones and FPV drones as well.

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Finally, Zelensky posted the message about his conversations with the Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz. During my conversation with the Chancellor of Germany, I informed him about my visit to countries in the Middle East. and the protection systems we are offering to partners. I am grateful for the high assessment of our contribution to strengthening the protection of lives.

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Ukraine is ready for similar cooperation with European countries for the security of our continent. Friedrich updated me on his diplomatic contacts.

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we discussed in detail the negotiation process aimed at ending russia's war against ukraine as well as our communication with the american side thank you for your principled position ukraine has never been and will never be an obstacle to peace we are preparing contacts with partners in a broader format to coordinate positions and develop joint steps next month we'll also see extensive bilateral work with germany thank you and then in this

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message that Zelensky made also in the past 12 hours. He said, look, we're ready for any ceasefire, an Easter ceasefire, a 30-day ceasefire, a 60-day ceasefire. We are not the barrier to ceasefires and peace. We're trying to have peace. Russia is the bad guy. It's pretty obvious, right? The problem is that Trump is the bad guy and has turned the U.S. into Putin bootlicker right now.

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And we all need to pay attention to what's taking place before our very eyes. The Russian Duma is going to the capital last week meeting with the state department the top russian duma leaders basically like they're senators um donald trump removing russian oil sanctions donald trump removing sanctions from russian vessels donald trump and marco rubio and his regime

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claiming that Russia isn't providing support to Iran and they don't know about it while Iran targets American military bases. We have 13 military bases in the Middle East that have now been evacuated as a result of Iran being able to strike them with basically with impunity. Right. You had the big strike in Saudi Arabia and Riyadh. Who do you think is giving them this information?

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