Zelensky wants to “be more firmly” on the side of Ukraine

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has said that he wants the United States to remain more firmly on our side “after his burning exchange of the White House with the president of the United States, Donald Trump.

After arriving at the United Kingdom to participate in a summit of European leaders, Zelensky urged the United States to continue their support for Ukraine despite “the hard dialogue” between the two parties.

Zelensky, Trump and American vice president JD Vance were interrupted during Friday’s clash at the Oval office. Trump told Zelensky to make a deal with Russia “or we are out” and Vance accused him of being ungrateful.

European leaders joined behind ZelenskyBut NATO general secretary said he must “find a way” to restore his relationship with Trump.

When he landed in the United Kingdom, Zelensky published a thread of 14 publications in X in which he reiterated the United States security guarantee calls to be part of any “fair and lasting” peace agreement to end the war with Russia.

He pointed out that Trump wanted to end the war, which began with the large -scale invasion of Russia of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, but added that no one wanted peace more than Ukraine.

The unfortunate White House meeting intended to precede the signing of an agreement to give Ukraine deposits to rare earth mineral deposits. Instead, Zelensky was told to leave early before it could be signed.

Later, Trump told journalists that the president of Ukraine “exaggerated his hand” in the exchange and that he would need to “say ‘I want to make peace'” to restart conversations with the United States.

On Saturday, Zelensky said that Ukraine was ready to sign the mineral agreement such as “the first step towards security guarantees” of the United States, a line that has maintained for days, but that Trump has refused to accept.

“But it’s not enough, and we need more than that,” he added. “A high fire without security guarantees is dangerous for Ukraine.”

He added: “All Ukrainians want to hear a strong position of the United States on our side. It is understandable that the United States can seek dialogue with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin.

“But the United States has always talked about ‘peace through force’. And together we can take strong steps against Putin.”

In Russia, the spokeswoman for the Kremlin Foreign Ministry called Zelensky to Washington as a “complete diplomatic failure of kyiv.”

Maria Zakharova said that the Ukrainian president is “obsessed” with the prolongation of war, and repeated Russia’s insistence on annexing all the territories currently occupied by Russia.

Before the summit of London, where European leaders will discuss efforts to ensure a peace agreement, Zelensky has met with the United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who “retains unwavering support for Ukraine.”

BBC News understands that King Carlos III will also meet with Zelensky on Sunday, at the request of the United Kingdom government.

The superior political figures throughout Europe have also recovered behind Ukraine after the extraordinary scenes of Friday in the United States.

The leaders of Germany, France, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands were among those who published messages on social networks that support Ukraine, with Zelensky responding directly to each one to thank them for their support.

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, published: “There is an aggressor: Russia. There is a victim: Ukraine. We were right to help Ukraine and punish Russia three years ago, and continue doing so.”

The outgoing chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, wrote that “nobody wants peace more than the citizens of Ukraine”, with his replacement as Friedrich Merz adding that “we are with Ukraine” and “we should never confuse aggressors and victims in this terrible war.”

Speaking to the BBC on Saturday, the NATO chief, Mark Rutte, said he had talked to Zelensky twice after the White House meeting, and said “we have to respect” what Trump has done for Ukraine so far.

He referred to Trump’s first administration Approval for the sale of javelin Allowed Ukraine to “defend”.

Putin launched the war two years after Trump had left office.

Russia has been making slow profits on the battlefield for months.

In the Ukrainian city of the Northeast of Jharkiv, the authorities said that 12 people, including two children, were injured in a strike of “massive” unmanned planes, shortly after Zelensky left the White House.

The victims included four female patients in a hospital in the city center. Residential buildings, pharmacies, coffees and stores were also damaged, said the Ukraine Prosecutor’s Office.

Friday’s conversation looked after the American vice president JD Vance, who was sitting next to other politicians in the room, told Zelensky that the war had to end through diplomacy.

Zelensky replied asking “What kind of diplomacy?”, Reference to a high -fire agreement in 2019, agreed three years before Russia’s large -scale invasion when Moscow was supporting and putting separatist combatants in eastern Ukraine.

The vice president accused Zelensky of being disrespectful and “litigating” the situation in front of the media.