MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. Vladimir Zelensky is desperately seeking ways to establish contact with US President-elect Donald Trump, Alexander Dubinsky, an opposition-minded member of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament), said.
"I know that Zelensky is now frantically looking for ways to establish good relations with Trump," Dubinsky wrote on his Telegram channel.
The politician said that Viktor Pinchuk, a businessman and son-in-law of former advisor to ex-Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, had promised Zelensky to establish contact with Trump. Zelensky's entourage is now trying to use the connections of Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov to establish links with US entrepreneur Elon Musk. However, this attempt is also doomed to failure because of Fedorov's previous policies, Dubinsky noted.
Kiev is currently trying to create some sort of contact with the US President-elect. Zelensky was among the first politicians to congratulate Trump, posting a lengthy message on his X social network. In this post, Zelensky expressed his readiness to "enhance cooperation" and expressed hope for a personal meeting with Trump, whom he later called on the phone. Following that conversation, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga claimed that "the sides agreed to prepare a meeting."
Trump made Ukraine a key issue during his election campaign. He announced plans to resolve the situation even before his inauguration in January 2025 if he wins. After the first results of the election were announced in the United States, Trump declared his intention to "stop all wars" in a victory speech to his supporters. At the same time, no specific plans or initiatives were made public.
Dubinsky, an independent MP, came under US sanctions for publishing audio recordings compromising Joe Biden in the spring of 2020. In November 2023, Dubinsky was expelled from the parliamentary faction of the pro-government Servant of the People party and arrested on charges of state treason. He is now held in a pretrial detention center. Earlier, Dubinsky had repeatedly noted that Trump developed a firm negative attitude towards Zelensky due to his actions.