Trump says Ukraine needs a new president after Zelenskyy condemns Russia diesel deal

President Trump said on Saturday that Ukraine needs "a new leader who can make a deal," after Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Washington's agreement to buy Russian diesel ahead of the US midterm elections a "gift to Putin." Zelenskyy said the deal is an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged, while the Kremlin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev praised Trump's remarks.

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