# Zelensky, hurt by Trump, leaves power-starved Kyiv for London, Russian envoy says

https://mins.news/en/item/100173

- TASS, 2026-10-14 17:21 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2202163

> Russian Foreign Ministry envoy Rodion Miroshnik said Trump’s call for Ukrainian presidential elections prompted Zelensky to leave blackout-hit Kyiv for London to seek solutions from his “masters.” Miroshnik said Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence cannot exist without decisions by its “real masters.”

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