Trump calls for Zelensky replacement over Russia diesel deal — SkimNews
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- Trump called Saturday for Ukraine to replace President Zelensky with someone willing to make a deal with Russia to end the war
- The demand followed Zelensky's public criticism of Trump's diesel deal with Russia
- The source characterizes the clash as the most serious crisis between Trump and Zelensky (article is truncated mid-sentence)
Why it matters: The source frames this as the most serious crisis between Trump and Zelensky, with a sitting US president publicly demanding a wartime ally remove its leader over an energy arrangement with Moscow — an extraordinary break with US Ukraine policy since 2022.
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