European allies publicly back Zelensky after Trump says Ukraine needs a new president

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Trump said over the weekend that Zelensky could have made deals and never did, and suggested it was time for Ukraine to get a new leader. Zelensky responded by offering to hold elections, but only after a 60-day total ceasefire, and said he would accept whatever Ukrainians decide. Germany, Britain, and France all publicly reaffirmed support for Zelensky.

Trump then announced Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire, though the details were unclear even to Zelensky, who first said it was news to him before saying Ukraine's military had received relevant orders without elaborating. Hours later, Zelensky said Russian drones struck a power plant in Kharkiv. He noted dryly that Putin does not read Truth Social, and his drones follow a different set of instructions.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he believed Zelensky wanted the 60 days to regroup and continue the war rather than hold elections, though he did not rule out a one-day truce specifically for an election.

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A ceasefire that one side learns about from a social media post and the other confirms by bombing a power plant is not much of a ceasefire. It is something, though: a demonstration of how little the actual fighting seems to depend on what gets announced in Washington. If a man wants to replace a wartime president, the least he could do is get the war part settled first.

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