Trump criticized Zelensky for complaining about Kiev's exclusion from talks

US President Donald Trump has criticized Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his reaction to Kiev's exclusion from the talks between the United States and Russia. This was reported by The Guardian newspaper on February 19.

According to the publication, Trump said that Ukraine could have "made an agreement" to prevent a conflict.

"The Ukrainian president's comments apparently infuriated Trump, who then launched a series of attacks on Zelensky," The Guardian writes.

As specified "Gazeta.Ru", the American leader supported the future holding of presidential elections in Ukraine.

Resolving issues: talks between Russian and US delegations begin in Riyadh

The sides may discuss a meeting between the leaders of the countries Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

The day before, the media reported on Zelensky's statement that Kiev would not accept any results of the negotiations between Russia and the United States, as no representative of the Ukrainian side was at the meeting.

Thetalks between the Russian and US delegations took place in one of the palaces of the royal family in Riyadh on Tuesday, February 18. Following the meeting, the US State Department said that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had agreed to appoint high-level negotiating teams to start working on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict.