Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk says year under Trump brings highest civilian death toll
Ukrainian human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk has criticised US President Donald Trump over a rise in civilian war casualties in Ukraine since he took office in 2025.
Source: Matviichuk on Facebook, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Matviichuk said that the number of Ukrainian civilians killed or injured because of the war rose by 31% compared to the previous year. She asked why Trump's year of negotiations was the deadliest for Ukraine's civilian population since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Quote: "Why did Putin not allow himself such brutal strikes on civilian infrastructure under Biden, whom Trump calls 'weak', but totally destroys peaceful cities and disregards the 'strong Trump'?"
Background:
- Donald Trump has said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin "kept his word" regarding the announced energy truce.
- On Tuesday 3 February, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had blatantly disregarded the US president's personal request to limit strikes on energy infrastructure and that he now expects Washington to respond.
- Following Russia's strike on Ukraine's energy facilities on the night of 2-3 February, Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham urged Trump to begin the process of transferring Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
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