Trump calls Zelenskyy a dictator as rift with Ukraine deepens

<p>Remarks follow Ukrainian leader’s claim US president living in a Russian ‘disinformation bubble’ </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/19/russia-ukraine-war-volodymyr-zelenskyy-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-europe-latest-news">Europe live – latest updates</a></li></ul><p>Donald Trump has called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a dictator and warned that he “better move fast” or he “won’t have a country left”, after the Ukrainian president accused the US leader of being “trapped” in a Russian “disinformation bubble”.</p><p>The escalating war of words on Wednesday represents the deepest rift between Kyiv and its most powerful ally since Russia’s full-scale invasion nearly three years ago.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/19/ukraine-zelenskyy-says-trump-living-in-russian-disinformation-bubble">Continue reading...</a>