{"id":2438990,"date":"2025-05-25T18:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T22:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-says-silence-of-us-enabling-putin-after-deadly-strikes-on-kyiv-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T18:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T22:45:11","slug":"zelensky-says-silence-of-us-enabling-putin-after-deadly-strikes-on-kyiv-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-says-silence-of-us-enabling-putin-after-deadly-strikes-on-kyiv-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky says \u2018silence\u2019 of US enabling Putin after deadly strikes on Kyiv &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelensky-says-silence-of-us-enabling-putin-after-deadly-strikes-on-kyiv-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2438990&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the united States for its &#8220;silence&#8221; following a recent Russian missile and drone assault on Kyiv, which resulted in at least 12 deaths, including three children. This attack, part of a larger pattern of aggression, involved a barrage of 69 missiles and 298 drones. On social media, Zelensky expressed that the lack of response from the U.S. and the international community empowers Russian President vladimir Putin. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-violence-wont-help-taliban-gain-international-legitimacy\/\" title=\"White House: Violence won\u2019t help Taliban gain international legitimacy\">ongoing peace negotiations<\/a>, Zelensky is pushing for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-sanctions-relief-on-table-for-iran-state-dept-says\/\" title=\"Major Sanctions Relief on Table for Iran, State Dept. Says\">stringent sanctions<\/a> against Russia, which U.S. officials believe coudl jeopardize diplomatic talks.In light of the escalating situation, he announced three new sanctions packages targeting individuals financing Russian terrorism and propagandists aiding the invasion narrative.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Zelensky says &lsquo;silence&rsquo; of US enabling Putin after deadly strikes on Kyiv<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2126199\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Volodymyr-Zelensky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> singled out the United States for its &ldquo;silence&rdquo; after a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russian<\/a> barrage of missiles and drones hit <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kyiv<\/a> early Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&rsquo;s capital city was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/25\/world\/europe\/russia-ukraine-kyiv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"targeted\">targeted<\/a> with 69 ballistic and cruise missiles and 298 drones on Sunday, the second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-20th-anniversary-of-pizzeria-bombing-female-palestinian-terrorist-evades-justice-still-famous-in-jordan\/\" title=\"On 20th Anniversary Of Pizzeria Bombing, Female Palestinian Terrorist Evades Justice, Still Famous In Jordan\">large-scale attack<\/a> on the country this weekend. At least 12 people were killed after the deadly assault on Kyiv, including three children, while dozens more were injured.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3421885\/bodies-five-skiers-found-switzerland-glacier-zermatt\/\">Bodies of five skiers found on Swiss glacier near Zermatt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3421725\/first-class-graduates-american-university-baghdad-once-saddam-palace\/\">First class graduates from American University of Baghdad, once Saddam&#8217;s palace<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3421626\/russia-and-ukraine-swap-hundreds-more-prisoners\/\">Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds more prisoners hours after a massive attack on Kyiv<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Following the deadly strikes, Zelensky took to X to express his displeasure with the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >international community&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s response to the recent escalations from Russia and its president, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The world may go on a weekend break, but the war continues, regardless of weekends or weekdays. This cannot be ignored. Silence of America, silence of others around the world only encourage Putin,&rdquo; the Ukrainian president <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1926540328242229428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky&rsquo;s sharp rebuke of the U.S. came despite the Trump administration&rsquo;s role as mediator in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>While U.S. officials had suggested over the past few weeks that they may step away from talks if a ceasefire deal is not achievable, President Donald Trump recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3420401\/ukraine-russia-prisoner-swap-underway-trump-something-big\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"expressed\">expressed<\/a> more optimism after a prisoner swap between the two countries, musing that it &ldquo;could lead to something big.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also spoke to both Putin and Zelensky separately over the phone last week. After the calls, he said that Russia&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;will &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-russia-and-ukraine-to-reengage-in-ceasefire-negotiations\/\" title=\"... says ... and Ukraine to reengage in ceasefire negotiations\">immediately start negotiations<\/a> toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the optimism, Zelensky has urged more aggressive sanctions on Russia, something U.S. officials have seen as a nonstarter and which would derail any negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marco Rubio<\/a> indicated last week that &ldquo;If you start threatening sanctions, the Russians will stop talking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine appears to be moving on them, however.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky previewed three sanctions packages in a separate X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1926683513350144115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"post\">post<\/a> on Sunday afternoon. One of them targets &ldquo;Russian individuals involved in financing Russian terrorist activities, financial manipulations, and sanctions evasion schemes that serve Russia&rsquo;s interests,&rdquo; while the other two target &ldquo;propagandists whose lies fuel Russia&rsquo;s attacks on Ukraine&rdquo; and &ldquo;members of Russian mafia groups who have significantly helped establish Putin&rsquo;s regime and are still associated with it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2126199\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2126199\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelensky criticizes US silence, claims it empowers Putin after Kyiv attacks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2438991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/zelensky-us-silence-enabling-putin.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[55909,3733,55908,32076,8630],"class_list":["post-2438990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-kyiv-strikes","tag-putin","tag-us-silence","tag-washington-examiner","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/zelensky-us-silence-enabling-putin.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438990"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438994,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438990\/revisions\/2438994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2438991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}