US President Donald Trump blamed the Democrats and Joe Biden for the war between Russia and Ukraine and also accused Zelenskyy of weak leadership in a social media post. (IMAGE: REUTERS)

As the Ukrainian government voices displeasure over the peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump, the President said the ongoing conflict was the result of a lack of “strong and proper U.S. and Ukrainian LEADERSHIP".

“The war between Russia and Ukraine is a violent and terrible one that, with strong and proper U.S. and Ukrainian leadership, would have NEVER HAPPENED. It began long before I took office for a second term, during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, and has only gotten worse," Trump wrote on social media.

The roots of the Russia–Ukraine conflict stretch back to 2014, when protests

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