Hillary Clinton: Trump administration's position on Ukraine is disgraceful

Hillary Clinton, former US secretary of state and ex-president Bill Clinton's wife, has called the current US leader Donald Trump's position on Ukraine in the war against Russia "disgraceful".

Source: Hillary Clinton during a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference, as reported by Ukrinform

Quote: "I think that the Trump administration's position towards Ukraine is disgraceful.

I think the effort to force Ukraine into a surrender deal with Putin is shameful. I think the effort that Putin and Trump are making to profit off the misery and death of the Ukrainian people is a historic error and corrupt to the nth degree.

I believe Ukraine is fighting for our democracy and our values of freedom and civilisation on the front lines, losing thousands of people."

Details: Clinton added that the Russo-Ukrainian war is driven by "one man's mania to control" Ukrainians.

She also expressed the view that Trump either does not comprehend the scale of the suffering or does not care about it.

Clinton accused the US president of undermining Western unity and international commitments.

Quote: "He has betrayed the West. He's betrayed human values. He's betrayed the NATO Charter, the Atlantic Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."

Details: Clinton added that none of those present in the room would want to have a regime acting irresponsibly and with impunity "the way that Putin does, except that's who Trump is modeling himself after".

She said that there is a plan to provide Ukrainians with Tomahawk missiles, supply them with additional rockets for their Patriot air defence systems, and allow them to inflict greater destruction on Russian territory.

Ukraine's ability to strike targets inside Russia, in her view, could create conditions for serious negotiations.

Clinton noted that it was at the point when Ukraine could hit targets inside Russia and inflict sufficient damage that discussions about negotiations began.

She also emphasised that the losses of Russian military personnel alone are not enough for Putin, and in her opinion, it is necessary to inflict damage on oil refineries and missile ranges – damage that would truly create the conditions for more effective negotiations.

Background:

• US President Donald Trump said that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy "has to move" and reach a deal to end the Russo-Ukrainian war.
• His remarks come amid media reports that US and Ukrainian negotiators discussed the possibility of signing a peace agreement in March and holding elections in Ukraine in May.
• Zelenskyy said earlier that the United States has proposed ending Russia's war against Ukraine by the summer, as they will have a different priority later – the US congressional elections.

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