Trump Turns on Zelenskiy, Leaving Ukraine Few Options Amid War

Ulf Kristerssonswedish Prime Minister

President Zelenskyy is democratically elected,

Kristersson said

It is simply wrong and dangerous to deny President Zelenskyy democratic legitimacy,

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Der Spiegel magazine

The Prime Minister expressed his support for President Zelenskyy as Ukraine's democratically-elected leader and said that it was perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during wartime as the UK did during World War II,

the statement added, an apparent rebuke to Trump's insult of Zelenskyy as a "dictator without elections."

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

Our meeting with General Kellogg is scheduled for tomorrow, and it is crucial for us that the meeting and our overall cooperation with America be constructive,

Zelenskyy said in his evening address on Wednesday

The Prime Minister spoke to President Zelenskyy this evening and stressed the need for everyone to work together,

a statement from Starmer's office said