ZELENSKY TAKES HUGE SWIPE AT DONALD TRUMP AS TENSIONS SOAR OVER PUTIN TREATMENT

What happened: Volodymyr Zelensky said Donald Trump should direct his rhetoric at Putin, telling the Diary of a CEO podcast that Trump "needs to adopt that kind of rhetoric about Putin." Zelensky also said he had been "betrayed" by Trump. Why it matters: Tensions between Trump and Zelensky have grown after Trump made a deal with Moscow to import diesel and called Zelensky "more difficult to deal with than Putin." Zelensky urged Europe to apply "more real pressure on Russia.

Zelensky's public criticism of Trump signals escalating geopolitical tensions over Putin policy.

Zelensky's public criticism of Trump signals escalating geopolitical tensions over Putin policy. — impact context not separately stored; see What changed.