President Zelensky, Please Stop Talking! Please Stop Writing! Issue With One Word From United States. How Many Of 193 UN Members Wrote Anything? A Political Icarus Moment?
President Zelensky, Please Stop Talking! Please Stop Writing!
Insulting President Trump Is Not A Good Strategy, Despite What Messrs. Yermak, Podolyak, Advocates May Advise.
An Issue With One Word In A Statement From United States Department Of State.
Question For President Zelensky- How Many Of The 193 Members Of The United Nations Issued A Statement?
Nearing A Political Icarus Moment?
Another avoidable and regrettable and remarkable moment for Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine (2019-2024; term extended due to imposition of martial law in 2022).
He takes issue with a 5 April 2025 statement issued by the United States Department of State because the statement did not include “Russia” and his response is to refer to the United States government as “weak” and “afraid” because the statement was not to his liking.
How many of the 193 member countries of the New York, New York-based United Nations (UN) issued a statement? Why didn’t President Zelensky issue a statement admonishing each of the UN member countries who did not issue a statement?
The courage of his ignorance, a belief that he and only he represents the vicar of justice, a self-anointed arbiter of right and wrong, good and evil.
Please just stop talking and writing. Or, at minimum think a bit more before talking and typing.
Why does President Zelensky believe that insulting Marco Rubio, United States Secretary of State (2025-2019), and Donald Trump, 47th President of the United States (2025-2029), along with Bridget Brink, United States Ambassador to Ukraine (2022- ), is a sound strategy? Why does President Zelensky persist in a trajectory flying quite close to a political version of the end of Icarus?
Perhaps, President Zelensky has a strategy to separate the Trump-Vance Administration from Ukraine and countries on the European Continent and then hope to force countries on the European Continent to replace and expand their commercial, economic, financial, and military support for Ukraine. Believing that countries on the European Continent will have far more reason to support Ukraine. A risky wager.
President Zelensky should focus upon remedying this problem: President Trump does not view Ukraine as a partner, an ally. He views Ukraine as a customer, a client… who owes him money, a lot of money.
Kyiv Post
Kyiv, Ukraine
5 April 2024
Zelensky, in a lengthy Saturday post on the social platform X, accused the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine of being afraid to mention Russia when commenting on the Friday attack that killed at least 19 people and injured nearly 70 more. “Unfortunately, the response from the U.S. Embassy is surprisingly disappointing — such a strong country, such a strong people, and yet such a weak reaction,” Zelensky wrote. “They are afraid to even say the word ‘Russian’ when speaking about the missile that murdered children.” US Ambassador Bridget Brink posted on Friday evening when there was not a complete toll: “Horrified that tonight a ballistic missile struck near a playground and restaurant in (Kryvyi Rih). More than 50 people injured and 16 killed, including 6 children. This is why the war must end.” Numerous comments under the post criticised Brink for not saying that Russia launched the attack. Brink was appointed by Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, and has been ambassador since May 2022.
Protests are beginning to gain momentum in the US. Now former Trump supporters are beginning to question the direction the new president is taking the country. In recent posts on X, she has not directly named Russia while referring to attacks on Ukraine, which she did regularly until mid-February, when Zelensky and Trump had an angry exchange in the Oval Office. US Ambassador Bridget Brink posted on Friday evening when there was not a complete toll: “Horrified that tonight a ballistic missile struck near a playground and restaurant in (Kryvyi Rih). More than 50 people injured and 16 killed, including 6 children. This is why the war must end.” Numerous comments under the post criticised Brink for not saying that Russia launched the attack. Brink was appointed by Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, and has been ambassador since May 2022.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський
@ZelenskyyUa
5 April 2025
Tragically, three-year-old Tymofii died in the hospital today. Seven-year-old Radyslav. Arina, who will forever be seven as well. Nine-year-old Herman. Fifteen-year-old Danylo. Fifteen-year-old Mykyta. Fifteen-year-old Alina. Kostiantyn, who will forever be sixteen. Nikita – seventeen. These are the children killed by a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. There were only a few minutes after the missile was launched from the enemy’s Taganrog area. Unfortunately, nine adults were also killed. My condolences to all the families and loved ones. The missile struck right at the ordinary street with residential buildings, a playground, shops, and a restaurant around. Sixty-two people were injured in the attack, including twelve children. Some of them are in critical condition, they are currently in the hospitals. Doctors are doing everything possible to save lives. In addition to that ballistic missile, the Russians launched attack drones against Kryvyi Rih yesterday during the rescue operation – in time of such grief for people. The drone attack injured seven people. One person was killed. There is simply no deeper level of cynicism, vileness, or hatred toward people than what Russia embodies today. It is critically important not to leave this Russian strike on civilians, on the city – every such strike – without a response from the world. Kryvyi Rih and all of Ukraine have already been supported by many yesterday and today. I am grateful for the principled stance of the foreign ministers of the Czech Republic, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Austria. I thank the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for her position and support. We value the principled statements made by the Embassies of Japan, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Germany. Unfortunately, the response from the U.S. Embassy is surprisingly disappointing – such a strong country, such a strong people, and yet such a weak reaction. They are afraid to even say the word “Russian” when speaking about the missile that murdered children. Yes, the war must end. But to end it, we must not be afraid to call things by their names. We must not be afraid to pressure the one who continues this war and ignores all the world’s proposals to end it. We must pressure Russia – the one choosing to kill children instead of choosing a ceasefire. There must be additional sanctions against those who cannot exist without ballistic strikes on their neighboring nation. We must do everything in our capacity to save lives. And we have discussed this, in particular with the American side, the additional air defense systems supply to defend against precisely these types of missile attacks. We count on our agreements with the President of the United States, who promised to help find more Patriots. And we count on the strength of the world to overcome this evil – this war, this Russian aggression. Only through strength and coordinated action with partners can we stop the killing, save the lives of children, and establish lasting peace. I thank everyone who stands with Ukraine – from the very beginning of this war, and especially on such tragic days. Eternal memory to all our people whose lives were taken by Russian strikes.
United States Department of State
Washington DC
Ambassador [Bridget] Brink was nominated by President Biden to be U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine on April 25, 2022, confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on May 18, 2022, and arrived in Kyiv on May 29, 2022. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Ambassador Brink served as U.S. Ambassador to the Slovak Republic from August 15, 2019, until her confirmation as Ambassador to Ukraine.
She previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the Department of State, with responsibility for issues related to Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and the protracted conflicts in Europe. She also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and in Tbilisi, Georgia.
During her twenty-five years in the Foreign Service, Ambassador Brink has spent most of her career advancing U.S. policy in Europe and Eurasia. She was the Director for the Aegean and the South Caucasus at the National Security Council and also served in the State Department as the Deputy Director for Southern European Affairs, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, and Cyprus Desk Officer. She began her career in Belgrade, Serbia.
Originally from Michigan, Ambassador Brink joined the State Department in 1996. She holds Master’s degrees in International Relations and Political Theory from the London School of Economics and Political Science as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Kenyon College. Ambassador Brink speaks Russian and has studied Georgian, Serbian, and French. She is married with two children.
