# European leaders to ask Zelensky to tone down criticism of Trump, FT reports

https://mins.news/en/item/101384

- Meduza, 2026-10-15 12:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/15/it-doesn-t-always-need-to-be-said-out-loud-european-leaders-to-ask-zelensky-to-tone-down-criticism-of-trump-financial-times-reports

> EU leaders plan to urge Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to soften his public criticism of Donald Trump, the Financial Times reports, amid fears it could worsen strained Washington-Kyiv relations. Zelensky criticized Trump’s diesel deal with Russia and the US decision to halt intelligence sharing. He also said Starlink service restrictions were intentional, not a technical failure.

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