March 27, 2025 (EIRNS)—In a conversation with journalists on March 25, as reported by European Pravda, Ukraine’s “acting” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy observed: “Sadly, a lot of the information disseminated by certain people ... closely aligns with the Kremlin’s narrative.” He cited an example of the “narrative” that the voting in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied regions to join Russia actually qualified as “referendums.” He then went beyond his generic reference to “certain people,” saying that it’s regrettable that “there are some high-level voices in the United States that are spreading ... Russian narratives.… I believe that Mr. Witkoff spent much time in dialogue with Putin.” He offered no other names, except that of President Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.
He went on to explain his “sweet lemon” forecast, that Washington will turn against Putin. He said that, while Moscow had promised the United States a ceasefire, it “did not work out because the Russians do not want it.… And because of this, the Russians will be trusted less and less each day. I hope—and I now see this hope as realistic—that all Russian narratives will no longer be trusted.”
