Zelensky says that the White House clash was “unfortunate”

The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, said that his explosive meeting of the Oval office with Donald Trump on Friday was “unfortunate”, in his first public comments since the United States announced a pause in military aid to kyiv.

“Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, was not how it was supposed to be,” he wrote in an X publication.

Zelensky said that “nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians” after Trump accused him of not being ready to come to the negotiating table.

Ukraine woke up with Tuesday’s news that the United States was “stopping and reviewing” his military aid to the country after a collapse in diplomacy last week.

In the long publication of social networksZelensky said he and his team “are ready to work under the strong leadership of President Trump to get a peace that lasts.”

“We really value how much the United States has done to help Ukraine maintain their sovereignty and independence,” he wrote.

“And we remember the moment when things changed when President Trump provided Ukraine Jabalinas. We are grateful for this,” he added, referring to the US anti -tank missile system. UU. Sold to Ukraine during the first Trump administration.

During Friday’s meeting at the Oval office, Vice President JD Vance accused Zelensky of being ungrateful For the military support that the United States had provided.

“It’s time to do things well. We would like future cooperation and communication to be constructive,” Zelensky wrote.

The Oval office meeting between Zelensky officials and the United States last week should conclude with the two parties signing an agreement that Grant United States access to rare earth minerals in Ukraine.

After the clash, who saw Trump accuses Zelensky of “Games of chance with World War II”The Ukrainian delegation left without signing the deal: Trump told Zelensky “returns when you are ready for peace.”

Zelensky had already pointed out his desire to sign the mineral agreement in the hours since he broke on Friday, and reiterated it in this most recent publication.

“With respect to the Mineral and Security Agreement, Ukraine is ready to sign it at any time and in any convenient format,” he said.

“We see this agreement as a step towards greater safety and guarantees of solid security, and I really hope it works effectively.”

Trump himself has not commented on the pause to help, or Zelensky’s response, however, he scolded the Ukrainian leader after Zelensky meetings with European allies over the weekend.

A Sunday summit – Organized by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer – It was intended as a sample of support to Ukraine and an attempt to reduce differences between Western countries over Ukraine.

After the meeting, Zelensky said that an agreement to end the war between Ukraine and Russia was “still very, far away.”

Trump described this as the “worst statement that Zelensky could have made,” in a publication about its real social platform.

“It is what I was saying, this guy does not want peace whenever he has the support of the United States,” the president wrote.

In his last statement, Zelensky seemed to refer to a French idea about a one month between Russia and Ukraine.

He wrote: “We are ready to work quickly to end the war, and the early stages could be the release of prisoners and truce in the sky: ban the missiles, long -range drones, energy bombs and other civil infrastructure, and the truce in the sea immediately, if Russia will do the same.”

“Then we want to move very quickly through all the next stages and work with the USA. To agree on a solid final agreement.”