'It's A Pity': Volodymyr Zelenskyy Says Trump 'Gave Putin What He Wanted' With This 1 Move

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68bedde91900005eeb34c643.png?cache=L4DyhcAc9l&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits for an interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz on Sept. 5, 2025." data-caption="Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits for an interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz on Sept. 5, 2025." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="ABC News via YouTube" />Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits for an interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz on Sept. 5, 2025.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ukrainian</a> President Volodymyr <a href="news/volodymyr-zelenskyy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Zelenskyy</a> said it’s a “pity” that he was not invited to join Donald <a href="news/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump’s</a> summit with Vladimir <a href="news/vladimir-putin" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Putin</a> in Alaska last month, declaring that the US president gave the <a href="news/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Russian</a> dictator “what he wanted.” <strong>(Watch video below)</strong></p><p>In an interview with ABC News’ Martha Raddatz in Ukraine broadcast on Sunday, Zelenskyy said the Anchorage summit on August 15 afforded an opportunity to Putin to show the world that he is welcomed on US soil.</p><p>“It’s a pity that Ukraine was not there, because I think that President Trump gave Putin what he wanted,” Zelenskyy said. “Putin doesn’t want to meet with me, but he wants very much to meet with the