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Volodymyr Zelensky insists leaders need to be \u2018honest and direct with each other\u2019 as he prepares to meet prime minister in Downing Street
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Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> has said Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s support is \u201ccrucial\u201d for Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s survival as he touched down in the UK<\/a> after the pair\u2019s explosive White House clash<\/a>.
The Ukrainian president said Mr Trump wants the war to end \u201cbut no one wants peace more than we do\u201d as he prepares to meet Sir Keir Starmer at Downing Street on Saturday.
Mr Zelensky said it was important he and Mr Trump were \u201chonest and direct with each other to truly understand our shared goals\u201d after he refused to apologised over his extraordinary exchange<\/a> with Mr Trump and vice president JD Vance in the Oval Office.<\/a>
Mr Zelensky left the White House after a meeting collapsed<\/a> when JD Vance accused him of having \u201cdisrespected\u201d the US.
Mr Trump reiterated the vice president\u2019s claim, adding that Kyiv<\/a> was \u201cgambling with World War Three\u201d<\/a>.
The pair were due to sign a vital minerals deal, but Mr Trump and Mr Vance lashed out after the Ukrainian president repeatedly brought up the issue of US security guarantees as part of a future peace agreement with Russia<\/a>.
European leaders have flocked Mr Zelensky\u2019s defence, with <\/a>Sir Keir expressing his \u201cunwavering support\u201d for Ukraine after speaking to both leaders.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on Saturday on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Washington, claimed he rejects peace and is obsessed with the continuation of war.
Mr Zelensky’s visit to Washington is \u201ca complete diplomatic failure of Kyiv\u201d, Ms Zakharova said.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and has since refused to pull its troops from the country. It has killed hundreds of thousands of people, including at least thousands of civilians, according to conservative estimates.
Vladimir Putin has signalled he is open to peace talks but shows no sign of relenting on his opposition to Ukrainian sovereignty.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in the UK after an unprecedented public clash with US President Donald Trump and his vice president JD Vance in the White House’s Oval Office on Friday.
The Ukrainian leader’s plane, emblazoned with the nation’s flag, touched down at London’s Stansted Airport on Saturday morning and was met by a convoy of cars, following his spat with Mr Trump.
He will meet Sir Keir Starmer for talks at Downing Street this afternoon ahead of a summit of EU leaders tomorrow.
Former security minister Tom Tugendhat said it was \u201cimpossible not to feel sympathy for Zelensky\u201d after his clash with Donald Trump at the White House that have left peace deal talks in tatters.
He told Times Radio: \u201cThere’s a guy whose country is at war. He’s losing quite literally hundreds of people from his fellow citizens every week. There are hospitals being hit. There are homes being hit.
\u201cThere are kids being killed. I mean, it’s a really grim situation.”Referencing Mr Trump’s claims that Kyiv had been ungrateful for US support.
Mr Tugendhat added: “He said very publicly on many occasions, thank you for all the support he’s got. Thank you to America. Thank you to Europe and all the rest of it. But he’s understandably frustrated.”
Former Cabinet minister Tom Tugendhat has said “we’ve gone from politics as service to the country to politics as entertainment”, in response to Friday’s evening’s fiery clash in the Oval Office between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky.
It comes after the US president said the row would make “great television”.
Asked his thoughts on the clash, Mr Tugendhat told Times Radio: “I was probably as astonished as everybody else. I mean, it was quite the most extraordinary thing I’ve seen in a very long time. And it just, it almost reminded you that we’ve gone from politics as service to the country to politics as entertainment.\u201d
Nigel Farage has dubbed Friday’s Oval Office clash \u201cregrettable\u201d, stopping short of criticising Donald Trump.
The Reform UK leader and Trump-ally warned that the row, which saw the US president claim Volodymyr Zelensky is not \u201cready for peace\u201d, will \u201cmake Putin feel like the winner\u201d.
Posting to social media, he added: \u201cThis is not the end of the story, far from it. A peace deal is essential and Ukraine needs the right security guarantees.\u201d
Donald Trump \u201cneeds to sort out this mess as much as Zelensky\u201d, Sir Malcolm Rifkind has told The Independent<\/em>, warning that the US president \u201ccannot deliver a deal unless Zelensky agrees\u201d.
Backing Sir Keir Starmer’s approach to the situation so far, Sir Malcolm – who has previously served as both defence secretary and foreign secretary – said European leaders should help to mediate between the Ukrainian and US presidents.
It comes as No 10 gears up to host Mr Zelensky and other European leaders in Downing Street on Sunday.
\u201cTrump needs to sort out this mess as much as Zelensky. Otherwise the Trump-Putin negotiations on Ukraine will never begin\u201d, Sir Malcolm said.
\u201cTrump cannot deliver a deal unless Zelensky agrees. Zelensky has said he wants to restore relations with Trump. In the next week a formula acceptable to them both should be sorted out – privately. That is where the Europeans can help mediate\u201d, he added.
A Russian drone attack on the northeast Ukrainian city of Kharkiv overnight has damaged a hospital and injured seven people, officials have said.
Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said nine Russian drones had attacked civilian areas in three central districts of the city, a frequent target of Russian attacks in the three-year-old war.
Seven people were injured, he said, and more than 50 people were evacuated from the medical facility as emergency crews brought under control a fire triggered by the strike.
Dozens of buildings were damaged, Syniehubov added, with windows shattered in an apartment building, a car dealership and a hypermarket.
\u201cWorld leaders speak of peace, but Russia’s actions make its intentions clear,\u201d Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister, wrote on X after the strike. \u201cIt does not negotiate; it destroys.\u201d
Sir Keir Starmer will host Volodymyr Zelensky in Downing Street for a meeting this afternoon, a No 10 spokeswoman said.
The Ukrainian president touched down in London this afternoon ahead of a meeting with other European leaders in London on Sunday, where they will thrash out a response to Mr Zelensky’s explosive meeting with Donald Trump on Friday.
Volodymyr Zelensky has reiterated that Ukraine wants a peace deal but said that Ukraine must be “strong at the negotiation table” in order to get there.
It comes after Mr Zelensky and Donald Trump had an extraordinary clash in the Oval Office on Friday evening, which saw the US president accuse Ukraine of not being ready for peace.
\u201cWe want peace. That\u2019s why I came to the United States, and visited President Trump”, the Ukrainian president said.
\u201cThe deal on minerals is just a first step toward security guarantees and getting closer to peace. Our situation is tough, but we can\u2019t just stop fighting and not having guarantees that Putin will not return tomorrow\u201d, he posted to social media.
He also warned that he “cannot change Ukraine\u2019s position on Russia”.
“The Russians are killing us. Russia is the enemy, and that\u2019s the reality we face. Ukraine wants peace, but it must be a just and lasting peace. For that, we need to be strong at the negotiation table. Peace can only come when we know we have security guarantees, when our army is strong, and our partners are with us”, he said.
His comments come after he landed in the UK ahead of a summit with EU leaders tomorrow.
Volodymyr Zelensky has issued a statement saying Ukraine is \u201cvery grateful to the United States for all the support\u201d, after the US president accused him of being ungrateful for US backing.
\u201cI\u2019m thankful to President Trump, Congress for their bipartisan support, and American people. Ukrainians have always appreciated this support, especially during these three years of full-scale invasion\u201d, the Ukrainian president posted on social media.
\u201cAmerica\u2019s help has been vital in helping us survive, and I want to acknowledge that. Despite the tough dialogue, we remain strategic partners. But we need to be honest and direct with each other to truly understand our shared goals.
\u201cIt\u2019s crucial for us to have President Trump\u2019s support. He wants to end the war, but no one wants peace more than we do. We are the ones living this war in Ukraine. It\u2019s a fight for our freedom, for our very survival.\u201d
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