Zelensky ready to work under Trump's 'strong leadership'

Volodymyr Zelensky said helium was acceptable to enactment nether Donald Trump's "strong leadership" to execute a lasting bid days aft their explosive Oval Office meeting.

The Ukrainian president described the White House showdown arsenic "regrettable" successful a lengthy societal media station successful the aftermath of the US announcing a intermission successful subject assistance to Kyiv.

Zelensky said "it was clip to marque things right", aft Trump had accused him of not being acceptable to travel to the negotiating table.

He besides reiterated that Ukraine was acceptable to motion a minerals woody with the US, aft the nonaccomplishment to bash truthful astatine the Washington meeting, and outlined a connection for however the warfare mightiness stop.

Zelensky said Friday's gathering "did not spell the mode it was expected to be", adding: "It is regrettable that it happened this way," helium wrote. "It is clip to marque things right. We would similar aboriginal co-operation and connection to beryllium constructive."

Ukraine woke to the quality connected Tuesday that the US was "pausing and reviewing" its subject assistance to the state aft a breakdown successful diplomacy past week.

In his post, Zelensky offered an overt declaration of gratitude to the US.

"We bash truly worth however overmuch America has done to assistance Ukraine support its sovereignty and independence," helium wrote.

"And we retrieve the infinitesimal erstwhile things changed erstwhile President Trump provided Ukraine with Javelins. We are grateful for this," helium added, referring to the US anti-tank rocket strategy sold to Ukraine during Trump's archetypal administration.

During Friday's gathering successful the Oval Office, Vice-President JD Vance accused Zelensky of being ungrateful for the subject enactment the US had provided.

"Have you said 'thank you' erstwhile this full meeting?" Vance said, earlier Trump told Zelensky helium was not being "very thankful".

Zelensky defended himself successful the meeting, and began an interrogation with Fox News successful the hours afterwards, saying "I'm precise thankful to Americans for each your support."

The Oval Office gathering betwixt Zelensky and US officials past week was owed to reason with the 2 parties signing a woody that would grant the US entree to uncommon world minerals successful Ukraine.

After the clash, which saw Trump impeach Zelensky of "gambling with World War III", the Ukrainian delegation near without signing the woody – Trump told Zelensky "come backmost erstwhile you're acceptable for peace".

"We spot this statement arsenic a measurement toward greater information and coagulated information guarantees, and I genuinely anticipation it volition enactment effectively."

Zelensky besides outlined the archetypal stages of however the warfare could beryllium ended.

He wrote: "We are acceptable to enactment accelerated to extremity the war, and the archetypal stages could beryllium the merchandise of prisoners and truce successful the entity – prohibition connected missiles, long-ranged drones, bombs connected vigor and different civilian infrastructure – and truce successful the oversea immediately, if Russia volition bash the same."

"Then we privation to determination precise accelerated done each adjacent stages and to enactment with the US to hold a beardown last deal."

French President Emmanuel Macron connected Tuesday praised Zelensky's willingness to "re-engage successful dialogue" with Trump, the Elysee Palace said.

Days earlier his gathering with Zelensky, the US President had met with Macron, who travelled to Washington with a informing to Trump: "You can't beryllium anemic successful the look of Putin".

While European leaders rallied down Zelensky pursuing the clash, Nato's caput wide advised the Ukrainian person to "find a way" to reconstruct his narration with Trump.

Speaking to the BBC the pursuing day, Mark Rutte said helium had told him "we person to respect" what Trump has done for Ukraine truthful far.

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Zelensky's connection falls abbreviated of an apology to Trump, which those successful the US president's campy had called for.

In Moscow, Vladimir Putin's squad earlier welcomed the US's intermission to subject assistance arsenic apt to beryllium the "best" publication to peace.

"If the US stops, oregon pauses these supplies, this volition astir apt beryllium the champion publication to the origin of peace," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.

Trump himself has not commented connected the intermission to aid, nor Zelensky's response, nevertheless helium did earlier berate the Ukrainian person pursuing his meetings with European allies astatine the weekend.

A Sunday acme - hosted by Sir Keir - was intended arsenic a amusement of enactment for Ukraine.

After the meeting, Zelensky said a woody to extremity the warfare betwixt Ukraine and Russia was "still very, precise acold away".

Trump described this arsenic the "worst connection that could person been made by Zelensky", successful a station connected his Truth Social platform.

"It is what I was saying, this feline doesn't privation determination to beryllium bid arsenic agelong arsenic helium has America's backing," the president wrote.