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Trump Threatens to Cut US Intelligence to Kyiv, Demands Zelensky Be Replaced; UK Backs Zelensky

| Ukraine War

Former U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to cut off U.S. intelligence sharing with Kyiv in a dispute over Ukraine's oil strikes inside Russia, escalating tensions between Washington and Kyiv. Trump also openly called for Ukrainian President Zelensky to be replaced with a leader willing to end the war. The UK government responded by reaffirming total solidarity with Zelensky, rejecting any outside demand for leadership change in Kyiv.