The two men met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly amid allegations that Trump asked Zelensky to investigate accusations of corruption against 2020 rival Joe Biden.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that President Donald Trump pledged to help him take back the peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014 in the aftermath of the Ukrainian revolution.
Such a pledge would also inflame opinion in Russia, which now considers Crimea part of the nation and those living there Russian citizens, despite objections from the international community. reported. Zelensky said he told his counterpart that"Crimea is a beautiful place" and"it is a large beautiful part of our country.""It seems to me, and I heard that he agrees that this is our native land and we will get it back," Zelensky told journalists. The president claimed that Trump told him,"Yes, you need to work, and we will help you."territory because the majority language there is Russian.
Trump's relationship with Zelensky—a political novice propelled into office in a landslide election win in April—has come under scrutiny in recent days, amid allegations that he asked Zelensky to open an investigation into Biden and his son Hunter.
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