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Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev taunted European leaders early Tuesday, accusing them of failing “to outplay” U.S. President Donald Trump throughout their assembly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the White Home.
“The anti-Russian warmongering Coalition of the Prepared didn’t outplay @POTUS on his turf,” Medvedev wrote on X, in English.
The “Coalition of the Willing” refers to a gaggle of European leaders who fashioned a pact to help a peace deal in Ukraine. These leaders at Monday’s assembly included French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.
NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte and European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen have been additionally in attendance.
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Russia’s Safety Council’s Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev attends a gathering of the Council for Science and Schooling on the Joint Institute for Nuclear Analysis within the Moscow area’s metropolis of Dubna, Russia June 13, 2024. (Sputnik/Alexei Maishev/Pool by way of REUTERS)
Medvedev alleged that these leaders supposedly “thanked” and “sucked up” to President Trump.
The questioning remaining now, Medvedev stated, was “which tune” Zelenskyy – whom he mockingly known as “the Kiev clown” – “will play about ensures and territories again house, as soon as he’s placed on his inexperienced navy uniform once more.”
WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 18: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a gathering with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders, together with French President Emmanuel Macron (L) on the White Home on August 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Win McNamee/Getty Pictures)
Monday’s assembly got here after Trump’s historic summit with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska final Friday. After the White Home assembly, Trump stated he had spoken with Putin to start coordinating subsequent steps within the peace course of aimed toward ending the years-long struggle in Ukraine.
Writing on his Reality Social platform, Trump stated he had referred to as his Russian counterpart to start “the preparations for a gathering” with Zelenskyy. That might then be adopted by a trilateral assembly between the 2 warring presidents and the US.
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The Republican president additionally affirmed that the U.S. would again European safety ensures aimed toward stopping Moscow from reinvading Ukraine as soon as the struggle ends.
President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the Oval Workplace on the White Home, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photograph/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Trump was caught on a sizzling mic earlier within the day telling Macron that Putin needed to discover a decision to convey an finish to the struggle, although a Russian official later tempered these remarks.
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Russian state media, citing Putin’s overseas affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov, stated Putin had spoken “in favor” of continuous direct talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations.
Fox Information’ Alec Schemmel and The Related Press contributed to this report.
