Ghetto imagesUkrainian President Volodimir Zelenski has said he wants the United States to “stand harder on our part” after his fiery White House exchange with US President Donald Trump.
After arriving in the UK to participate in the European Leaders Summit, Zelenski called on the United States to continue its support for Ukraine, despite the “difficult dialogue” between the two countries.
Zelenski, Trump and US Vice President JD Vance interrupted each other during an Oval cabinet collision. Trump told Zelenski to make a deal with Russia “Or we are out” and Vance accused him of being ungrateful.
European leaders gathered behind ZelenskiBut NATO Secretary -General said he had to “find a way” to restore his relationship with Trump.
As he landed in the UK, Zelenski publishes a topic of 14 Xs, in which he repeats calls for the US security to represent part of any “fair and lasting” peaceful deal to end the war with Russia.
He noted that Trump wanted to end the war that began with the full -scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, but added that no one wanted peace more than Ukraine.
The White House's malicious meeting was intended to precede the signing of a deal to give US access to Ukraine's deposits of rare minerals on Earth. Instead, Zelenski was told to leave early before he could be signed.
Later, Trump told reporters that the president of Ukraine had “replayed his hand” into the exchange and that he would have to “say” I want to make peace “to restart talks with the United States.
On Saturday, Zelenski said Ukraine was ready to sign the mineral agreement as the “first step towards security guarantees” from the United States – a line he maintained for days, but which Trump declined to agree.
“But that's not enough and we need more than that,” he added. “Termination of fire without security guarantees is dangerous for Ukraine.”
He added: “All Ukrainians want to hear a strong American position on our side. It is understandable that the US can seek dialogue with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin.
“But the US has always talked about” peace through power. ” And together we can take strong steps against Putin. “
In Russia, the Kremlin Foreign Ministry spokesman called Zelenski's visit to Washington “Full Diplomatic Failure of Kiev”.
Maria Zakharova said the Ukrainian president was “obsessed” by the prolongation of the war and repeated Russia's insistence on annexing all territories currently occupied by Russia.
Prior to the London summit, where European leaders will further discuss effort to secure a peace deal, Zelenski met with the United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Kiir Starmer – who “retains unwavering support for Ukraine.”
BBC News understands that King Charles III also has to meet Zelenski on Sunday, at the request of the United Kingdom Government.
Senior political figures from all over Europe also gathered behind Ukraine after extraordinary scenes on Friday in the United States.
The leaders of Germany, France, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands were among those who published messages on social media supporting Ukraine – as Zelenski answers directly to each of them to thank them for their support.
French President Emmanuel Macron publishes: “There is an aggressor: Russia.
The German Cation-Chancellor Olaf Scholz writes that “Nobody wants peace more than the citizens of Ukraine”, with his deputy-speaking Friedrich Mertz, adding that “we are standing with Ukraine” and “we should never confuse the aggressor and the victim in this terrible war.”
Speaking to the BBC on Saturday, NATO chief Mark Ruth said he had spoken to Zelenski twice after the White House meeting and told him “We have to respect” what Trump has done to Ukraine so far.
He relied on Trump's first administration Approval for the sale of Javelin's anti -tank missile systems Allow Ukraine to “fight”.
Putin began the war two years after Trump left the post.
Russia has been making slow profits on the battlefield for months.
In the northeastern Ukrainian city of Harciv, employees said that 12 people, including two children, were injured in a “massive” drone strike, a little time after Zelenski left the House.
The dead included four patients in a hospital in the city center. Residential buildings, pharmacies, cafes and shops were also damaged, the Ukrainian prosecutor's office said.
Friday's conversation was destroyed after US Vice President JD Vance – who was sitting with other politicians in the room – told Zelenski that the war should end through diplomacy.
Zelenski answered, asking “What kind of diplomacy?”, Referring to a previous fire termination deal in 2019, he agreed three years before Russia's full -scale invasion, when Moscow supported and armed separatist fighters to the east of Ukraine.
Then the Vice President accused Zelenski of being disrespectful and “arguing” the situation before the media.