Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Fox News anchor Bret Baier, “I don’t trust Putin, and he doesn’t want success for Ukraine,” according to UNITED24Media citing an X post by LucasFoxNews between 3:15 a.m. and 4:15 a.m. UTC on December 30, 2025. This remark comes after Zelenskyy stated during a Fox News special report between 11:15 p.m. UTC on December 29 and 12:15 a.m. UTC on December 30 that Ukraine must find peace, as reported by anchor Bret Baier. U.S. President Donald Trump had stated on December 29 that “Russia wants Ukraine to succeed,” according to X posts cited in previous reports. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on December 30 that Moscow sees British influence in Ukraine's attempt to attack Russian President Vladimir Putin's residence in Novgorod Oblast to disrupt the peace process, per an X post by Bellum Acta. In related military activity over the past hour, the Condor Battalion of the Bureviy Brigade shot down enemy drones, inflicting an estimated $332,000 in losses on the enemy, according to UNITED24Media. These developments occur amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
