Getty PicturesUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has mentioned he needs the USA to “stand more firmly on our side” upcoming his fiery White Space change with US President Donald Trump.
Upcoming arriving in the United Kingdom to participate in a Ecu leaders’ top, Zelensky advised the USA to proceed its assistance for Ukraine in spite of “the tough dialogue” between the 2 facets.
Zelensky, Trump and US Vice-President JD Vance interrupted each and every alternative all the way through Friday’s strike within the Oval Administrative center. Trump advised Zelensky to form a offer with Russia “or we are out” and Vance accused him of being ungrateful.
Ecu leaders rallied at the back of Zelensky, however Nato’s secretary normal mentioned he should “find a way” to revive his courting with Trump.
As he landed in the United Kingdom, Zelensky printed a cotton of 14 posts on X through which he reiterated requires US safety promises to mode a part of any “just and lasting” bliss offer to finish the warfare with Russia.
He famous that Trump sought after to finish the warfare, which started with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, however added that nobody sought after bliss greater than Ukraine.
The ill-fated White Space assembly was once meant to precede the signing of a offer to provide the USA get right of entry to to Ukraine’s deposits of uncommon earth minerals. In lieu, Zelensky was once advised to reduce early ahead of it may well be signed.
Trump after advised journalists that Ukraine’s president “overplayed his hand” within the change and that he would want “to say ‘I want to make peace'” to restart talks with the USA.
On Saturday, Zelensky mentioned Ukraine was once in a position to signal the minerals pledge as “the first step toward security guarantees” from the USA – a order he has maintained for days, however which Trump has refused to conform to.
“But it’s not enough, and we need more than just that,” he added. “A ceasefire without security guarantees is dangerous for Ukraine.”
He added: “All Ukrainians want to hear a strong US position on our side. It’s understandable the US might look for dialogue with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin.
“However the USA has all the time spoken about ‘bliss thru power.’ And in combination we will be able to pull sturdy steps in opposition to Putin.”
In Russia, the Kremlin’s foreign ministry spokeswoman called Zelensky’s visit to Washington a “entire diplomatic failure of Kyiv”.
Maria Zakharova said the Ukrainian president is “obsessed” with prolonging the war, and repeated Russia’s insistence to annex all territories currently occupied by Russia.
Ahead of the London summit, where European leaders will further discuss efforts to secure a peace deal, Zelensky met UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer – who “keeps certain assistance for Ukraine”.
Speaking inside his office, Sir Keir told Zelensky he was “very, very welcome right here in Downing Boulevard” and reiterated that the UK would stand with Ukraine “for so long as it is going to pull”.
He added: “An enduring bliss for Ukraine according to self determination and safety for Ukraine – so noteceable for Ukraine, so noteceable for Europe and so noteceable for the UK.”
Senior political figures from across Europe have also rallied behind Ukraine after Friday’s extraordinary scenes in the US.
The leaders of Germany, France, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands were among those who posted social media messages backing Ukraine – with Zelensky responding directly to each one to thank them for their support.
French President Emmanuel Macron posted: “There’s an aggressor: Russia. There’s a sufferer: Ukraine. We have been proper to backup Ukraine and sanction Russia 3 years in the past – and to accumulation doing so.”
Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote that “no-one needs bliss greater than the electorate of Ukraine”, with his replacement-in-waiting Friedrich Merz adding that “we arise with Ukraine” and “we should by no means confuse aggressor and sufferer on this vile warfare”.
Speaking to the BBC on Saturday, Nato chief Mark Rutte said he had spoken to Zelensky twice following the White House meeting, and told him “we need to admire” what Trump has done for Ukraine so far.
He referenced the first Trump administration’s approval for the sale of Javelin anti-tank missile systems allowed Ukraine to “battle again”.
Putin launched the war two years after Trump had left office.
Russia has been making slow gains on the battlefield for months.
In the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, officials said that 12 people, including two children, were injured in a “immense” overnight drone strike, a short while after Zelensky left the White House.
The casualties included four female patients at a hospital in the city centre. Residential buildings, pharmacies, cafes and shops were also been damaged, the Ukrainian prosecution service said.
Friday’s conversation soured after the US Vice-President JD Vance – who was sitting alongside other politicians in the room – told Zelensky that the war had to be ended through diplomacy.
Zelensky responded by asking “what sort of international relations?”, referencing a previous ceasefire deal in 2019, agreed three years before Russia’s full-scale invasion when Moscow was supporting and arming separatist fighters in Ukraine’s east.
The vice-president then accused Zelensky of being disrespectful and “litigating” the condition in entrance of the media.