Trump officials slam Zelenskyy, as Western leaders rally around Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

The future of the United States stands for Ukraine to doubt after a high -level meeting between Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinsky and US President Donald Trump to a screaming match.
The two leaders – along with US Vice President JD Vance – Click Friday, in front of correspondents at the oval office about the future of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
There were indications that the meeting would be thorny from the moment Zelinski arrived at the White House after Trump received the Ukrainian leader with a confrontation with his clothes.
The tensions soon rose, as it became clear that the leaders do not agree to the conditions of a MetalAnd, which would allow the United States to access widely to the rare land in Ukraine as a payment of Washington’s support for Kiev’s fight against Russia.
Zelenskyy emphasized that any agreement is necessary to include real security assurances for Ukraine, which is something that the United States has avoided under Trump so far.
Tensions rose when Trump described his friendly relations with President Vladimir Putin, before Zelinski’s runner blames the Russian leader of peace talks.
The press conference came down to an explicit aggression, where Vans accused the Ukrainian leader of “not respected”, before you asked him, “Did I say” Thank you once? “
The meeting ended prematurely, before the Ukrainian leader and his delegation came out of the White House.
Also, the rare ground metal deal and its future are now not certain. A White House official, who is not named, said, on the condition that his identity is not disclosed to Reuters news agency, that Trump is currently not interested in reviving it.
The same official claimed that the Ukrainian delegation began “begging” to sign the deal after he was asked to leave the White House.
Zelenskyy moved to X shortly after the meeting to thank Trump, “Congress, and the American people.”
“Ukraine needs peace and lasting, and we are working exactly for that,” he wrote.
Then the Ukrainian leader appeared on the USA NEWS conservative television network, in an interview in which he was asked repeatedly whether he would apologize to Trump.
The Ukrainian leader refused to do this, but he said he regretted the general dispute, saying that he was “not good for both sides.”
“I am not sure that we did something bad,” Zelinski said. “I cannot change the Ukrainian position towards Russia. They are killers for us.”
But when asked in the interview if the relationship with Trump could be saved, Zelenskyy replied: “Of course.”
“He must apologize”
Several Trump administration officials condemned Zelinski and accused him of not respecting the US President, including Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, who described the meeting as “a failure” and asked whether the Ukrainian leader really wanted peace.
“He wasn’t needed to go there and become hostile,” Rubio told CNN.
He added: “The active and open undermining of the efforts made to make peace is very frustrated to everyone who participated in contacts with them leading to this day, and I believe that he should apologize for wasting our time.”
Speaking to journalists outside the White House, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham described the meeting as a “absolute disaster”, and he also called for Zelinski to apologize or Ukraine “to obtain a new person” to lead the country.
Graham – a voice supporter of Ukraine and the Savior Trump ally – said that he advised Zelinski before meeting to focus on the metal deal and avoid discussing security guarantees and a ceasefire with Russia.
I talked to Zelinski this morning – don’t take the taste. President Trump was in a very good mood last night.
He added: “I don’t know if we can do business with Zelenskyy again.”
Zelinski found the support of senior legislators of the Democratic Party in the two congressions, who criticized the Trump and FAF exchange with the Ukrainian president.
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer Trump was accused of doing the “dirty work” of Putin, before describing the leader of the minority in the House of Representatives Hakim Jeffrez as “horrific”.
“President Trump continues and managed to embarrass America on the world stage,” Jeffrez said.
A statement issued by 14 senior Democratic conservatives also accused Trump and FAF using the “Zelensky” Boss’s “Zelensky” for not trusting Vladimir Putin.
She said: “The Americans must protect our strong democratic values on the world stage instead of undermining President Zelinski’s work to fight for his nation and freedom of his people after its invasion by Russia.”
Moscow supported the Trump administration shortly after the meeting, as the Russian Foreign Ministry described Zumbag. Victor Urban-the extremist Popular Prime Minister in Hungary-Trump praised his “courage for peace.”
but An overwhelming international response It was one of the support for Kiev.
In the hours that have passed on this dispute, many Western countries condemned the Trump administration’s behavior, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who said his country “will continue to stand with Ukraine.”
“Russia has invaded illegally or unjustified Ukraine. For a period of three years, the Ukrainians fought with courage and flexibility. He said that their fight for democracy, freedom and sovereignty is a battle that interests us all.”
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas also described the exchange as “dangerous and frustrated.”
“Trump accuses Zelenskyy from gambling with World War III is very unreasonable and a statement brought out myself. Norway stands with Ukraine in their struggle for freedom.
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2025-03-01 07:22:00