Ukrainian ruler Volodymyr Zelensky requested “more weapons” during a meeting with United States ruler Donald Trump. The meeting took place in the Vatican over the weekend.

Trump said that Zelensky seemed “calmer” and more ready to make a ceasefire deal with Russia to end the war. “I see him as calmer. I think he understands the picture. And I think he wants to make a deal. I don’t know if he wanted to make a deal [before]. I think he wants to make a deal,” Trump said, according to a report by RT. 

While speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said the tone of his latest discussion with Zelensky was markedly different from their “little dispute” in February. At that time, the Ukrainian delegation was kicked out of the White House. Trump claimed that this brings Kiev closer to making a deal with Moscow.

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And yet, even though Trump portrayed Zelensky as someone who wants to do “something good for the country,” the U.S. ruler revealed that the Ukrainian leader again asked Washington for more military support.

“He told me that he needs more weapons, but he has been saying that for three years,” Trump stated. The U.S. president noted that Kiev was in a “very tough situation,” fighting “a much bigger force” — and emphasized that “it helped them when we gave them $350 billion worth of weapons or cash.”

“He needs more weapons, and we are gonna see what happens with respect to Russia,” Trump added, noting that he was “disappointed” with Moscow’s renewed strikes in Ukraine.

Russian officials have repeatedly emphasized that any viable long-term settlement must reflect the territorial realities on the ground and address the root causes of the conflict. According to multiple reports, Washington’s proposal seeks to freeze the conflict along the current front lines and recognize Crimea as part of Russia.

Is this a signal from the ruling class that it’s going to help Ukraine continue to prolong this war? What do you think?