Miami/IBNS, Feb. 20 -- US President Donald Trump Wednesday called Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "dictator", deepening the personal rift that will have major implications for the effort to end the conflict triggered by Russia's invasion three years ago.

The United States had provided funding and arms to Ukraine but, in an abrupt policy shift since Trump assumed office, he has opened talks with Moscow.

"A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left," Trump wrote of the Ukrainian leader, whose five-year term expired last year.

Ukrainian law does not require elections during wartime.

Zelenskyy in turn accused Trump of succumbing to Russian "disinformation," including Trump blam...