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US under the influence of Russian disinformation: Zelenskyy

March 27, 2025

"I can't be ungrateful to the US, but today, unfortunately, they are under the influence of Russian narratives," Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says in an interview with European journalists. Watch the full interview here.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to a panel of European journalists after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Wednesday.

He addressed the US role in negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, European allies and that he believes the United States is under the influence of Russian misinformation.

You can read a summary of Zelenskyy's interview here. 

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