Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that his relations with the United States can still be repaired, after the president of the United States, Donald Trump, shouted in an angry White House crisis accusing the Ukrainian leader of refusing to make peace with Russia.
“Of course,” Zelensky said when asked in a Fox News Interview if the relationship with Trump could be rescued.
American-Ukrainian ties are about “more than two presidents,” he said, adding that Ukraine seriously needs Washington’s help in the fight against the much larger and more armed military in Russia.
“It will be difficult without your support,” Zelensky said in Fox – Trump’s favorite news channel.
The Zelensky Olive Branch occurred hours after the extraordinary scene of the Oval Office, where US American support policy of the Ukraine struggle against Russian invasion collapsed in a shout match.
The row saw European leaders fight against voice support for Ukraine after Zelensky was forced to leave the White House early and without signing a mineral exchange agreement seen as vital for an eventual truce negotiated in the United States.
During the clash, he developed in front of the US and international media, Trump and vice president JD Vance shouted to Zelensky, accusing him of not being “grateful” and refusing to accept their proposed truce terms.
“You don’t have the cards at this time,” Trump said. “You’re going to make a deal or we’re out, and if we’re out, you’ll fight and I don’t think it’s pretty.”
Zelensky departed shortly after, with Trump publishing on social networks that “can return when he is ready for peace.”
The American media reported that Zelensky had been told to be high Trump officials.
The president of the United States told journalists later on Friday that Zelensky was “exaggerating his hand” and should accept ending the fight “immediately.”
Zelensky, however, refused to apologize, saying Fox News“I’m not sure I did something wrong.” However, he said that he wanted the exchange not taking place in front of journalists.
Secretary of State of the United States Marco Rubio later CNN He asked Zelensky to “apologize for wasting time for a meeting that was going to end as he did.”
‘Not only’
American allies in Europe, already worried that Trump forces Ukraine to effectively deliver the victory to Russian President Vladimir Putin, hastened to support Zelensky.
“You’re not alone,” said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
British prime minister Keir Starmer, just out of his own visit to the White House, said he had talked to Trump and Zelensky on the phone after the crash and promised an “unwavering support” for kyiv.
The Italian Prime Minister of the extreme right, Giorgia Meloni, requested a summit “without delay” between the United States, Europe and its allies in Ukraine.
Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said she spoke with her Ukrainian counterpart and reaffirmed Canada’s commitment to “provide the necessary assistance to guarantee the security, sovereignty and resistance of Ukraine.”
Trump and Vance are “doing the dirty work of Putin,” published the main democrat of the US Senate. Chuck Schumer.
But Russia was delighted.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called Zelensky an “insolent pig” who had received “an adequate slap in the oval office.”
Trump’s Republican Party echoed the Russians to blame Zelensky.
Ukraine seemed united behind Zelensky, with his army chief promising to be with him while the Minister of Foreign Affairs praised his “courage.”
Commitment to ‘Killer’?
The collapse occurred after Trump said that Ukraine will have to make “commitments” in a truce with Russia, which has occupied stripes of the country.
Zelensky said there should be no commitments to a murderer in our territory. “
After pointing out that the peace efforts backed by previous Western had not failed to deter Russian aggression, Vance interrupted and called him “disrespectful.”
The session then passed through Trump and Vance rebuking aloud to the Ukrainian leader. He sat in obvious discomfort while his hosts talked about him.
Trump has alarmed kyiv and European allies with his abrupt turn in U in American politics, presenting himself as a mediator between Putin and Zelensky and refusing to condemn the Russian invasion.
He said in the Oval office that he had “spoken on numerous occasions” to Putin, more than has been publicly informed.
Trump called Zelensky a “dictator” last week and said he trusts in Putin to “keep his word” on a high fire.
Trump told Zelensky that, as a mediator, he could not criticize one of the main teams.
However, speaking with Fox NewsZelensky said he wanted Trump to be “really more on our side.”
Meanwhile, Russia’s assault on Ukraine continued.
On Friday, the Russian infantry assaulted the Ukrainian border of the Russian region of Kursk, near the areas of the region that were seized last summer by the Ukrainian forces, kyiv said on Friday.
