Hours later Oval Place of job spat, Zelenskyy says ‘thankful’ to US, quotes Trump’s favorite ex-president

Fresh Delhi: Not up to 24 hours later his bilateral assembly with US President Donald Trump on the Oval Place of job spiralled right into a 10-minute shouting fit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned in a publish on X that he was once “very grateful” to the United States and “thankful” to Trump, the United States Congress and the American community for his or her help of Ukraine.

His feedback got here as he landed in London for a defence zenith with Eu leaders to speak about Ukraine’s age. Zelenskyy mentioned that regardless of the “tough dialogue” the United States and Ukraine “remain strategic partners”. He additionally mentioned that Kyiv is “ready to sign the minerals agreement” with the United States and it’ll grant because the “first step toward security guarantees”. 

The USA, he mentioned, will want to outline the protection promises, including {that a} “ceasefire won’t work with Putin” who he mentioned “has broken ceasefires 25 times over the last ten years”.

We’re very thankful to the US for the entire help. I’m grateful to President Trump, Congress for his or her bipartisan help, and American community. Ukrainians have at all times favored this help, particularly all over those 3 years of full-scale invasion. pic.twitter.com/Z9FlWjF101

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 1, 2025

“Peace is not just the absence of war,” the Ukrainian president wrote, quoting Ronald Reagan who Trump in 2017 referred to as his “favourite” president. Zelenskyy additionally reiterated his get up that Russia is “wrong because they disrespected our territorial integrity”.

“I cannot change Ukraine’s position on Russia. The Russians are killing us. Russia is the enemy, and that’s the reality we face,” he wrote on X.

Previous in an interview with Fox Information, Zelenskyy admitted that the ‘heated exchange’ with Trump was once no longer excellent for all sides.

He, on the other hand, downplayed the incident and advocated for higher diplomatic ties.

The hot Oval Place of job trade was once adopted by means of abrupt cancellation of a joint press convention and stalled negotiations over a minerals trade in. It additionally ended in considerations about age US help, although Zelenskyy expressed self belief in persisted American backing.

Trump’s push for a fast solution contrasts with Zelenskyy’s insistence on a sturdy commitment to discourage age Russian aggression.

Zelenskyy’s remarks next within the year had been preceded by means of Eu leaders rallying at the back of him later his televised spat with Trump and US Vice President J.D. Vance all over which they accused him of ‘not wanting’ a ceasefire with Russia. 

Leaders of Germany, France, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands had been amongst those that took to social media in help of Zelenskyy, who in flip, answered to each and every thanking them for his or her help—hours later Vance berated him for no longer pronouncing “thank you” to Trump.

French President Emmanuel Macron, for example, wrote on X: “There is an aggressor: Russia. There is a victim: Ukraine. We were right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago—and to keep doing so.”

There’s an aggressor: Russia.

There’s a sufferer: Ukraine.

We had been proper to assistance Ukraine and sanction Russia 3 years in the past—and to retain doing so.

Through “we,” I heartless the American citizens, the Europeans, the Canadians, the Jap, and plenty of others.

Thanks to…

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) February 28, 2025

Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz too voiced his help pronouncing “no one wants peace more than the citizens of Ukraine”. Alternatively, not one of the Eu leaders commented on Trump and Vance’s antagonistic stance all over the bilateral assembly.

(Edited by means of Amrtansh Arora)

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