Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is accusing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of using a drone strike to “sabotage” upcoming peace talks between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine launched an attack on Russia Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring over a dozen more — a day before the high-stakes meeting between Trump and Putin in Anchorage, Alaska.
“On the eve of the historic peace talks between President Trump and President Putin, Zelensky does this,” Greene wrote in a post on social platform X. “Zelensky doesn’t want peace and obviously is trying to sabotage President Trump’s heroic efforts to end the war in Ukraine.”
She added, “I pray peace prevails!”
The Ukrainian Embassy did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment.
Greene has been a vocal critic of U.S. involvement in the more than three-year-long war and frequently slammed the Biden administration for providing arms to Ukraine as an American ally.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers have proposed secondary sanctions on Russia’s trade partners to help deflate their ability to fund the war overseas, but the Trump administration has delayed plans to impose new tariffs on the Kremlin and its trading partners, which were expected to go into effect last Friday.
On Thursday, Putin lauded Trump for making “energetic and sincere efforts” toward peace in Ukraine. The meeting, Trump’s first with the Russian leader since his first administration, will take place at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson — notably without Zelensky.
The Ukrainian leader signaled earlier this week that a follow up trilateral was possible as ceasefire proposals advance. But ahead of Friday’s summit, Zelensky said he believes Putin is bluffing about intentions to end the war.
“I believe that Putin will benefit from this, because what he is seeking, frankly, is photographs,” Zelensky told a small group of reporters at the Presidential Palace in Kyiv, including NewsNation’s Robert Sherman. “He needs a photo from a meeting with President Trump.”
Putin has pushed to maintain control of the Donbas region despite strong objections from Ukraine. Trump has suggested there will need to be a “land swap,” as part of a deal, which remains an obstacle for peace discussions.
