Russian Side is Openly Lying to Trump: Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that the Russian side is openly lying to Trump about successes in the eastern part of the country.

“I think our meeting, along with the real facts, gives him a broader understanding that the Russians are selling him something other than what they can do. That is, they are openly lying,” he said in comments to reporters.

According to him, the reality is that the Russians cannot capture eastern Ukraine very quickly, but Putin needs to show something, which may be one of the reasons why certain regions are under intense Russian shelling.