Day: February 19, 2025

US President Donald Trump blamed his Ukrainian counterpart Voldodymyr Zelenskyy for “starting” the war in his country and said he should have ended it through a deal with Russia nearly three years ago.

Andrew Lester has died while awaiting his sentencing, Clay County prosecutor Zachary Thompson announced on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Lester, 86, was scheduled to be sentenced on March 7, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Pair spoke about each other in glowing terms, rejecting accusations of the billionaire usurping the president’s limelight – and power

President hits back at Ukraine’s complaint that it has been left out of US-Russia talks, saying it had years to make a deal ‘without the loss of much land’

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