Trump updates: US president says Zelenskyy negotiating with ‘no cards’

These are the updates for Friday, February 21, 2025, as Trump continues to criticise the Ukrainian president, a US ally.

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US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on the day Howard Lutnick is sworn in on February 21 [Nathan Howard/Reuters]
By Alice Speri and Brian Osgood
Published On 21 Feb 2025
  • In a radio interview with Fox News, US President Donald Trump has said his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy has “no cards” to play to end the war in Ukraine.
  • US envoy Keith Kellogg nevertheless has praised Zelenskyy as a “embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war”, offering a stark departure from Trump’s harsh rhetoric.