Volodymyr Zelenskyy had travelled to Washington DC as he was attributable to clinch a deal on minerals with the US on Friday, however he left empty handed after a heated alternate within the Oval Workplace.
Below the watch of the world’s media, the ultimate ten minutes of the assembly descended right into a shouting match, as each Mr Trump and his vice chairman, JD Vance, accused Mr Zelenskyy of being “ungrateful”.
Mr Trump berated Mr Zelenskyy as “disrespectful”, whereas the Ukrainian chief tried to defend himself.
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He mentioned it was “probably” doubtless Ukraine could be deserted by America within the wake of the row, however he mentioned he retained confidence within the governance of his nation.
“But I don’t have confidence on what will happen next,” he mentioned.
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“I really hope Europe will awake and maybe replace US support.”
He spoke within the centre of town, whereas pushing his seven-month-old little one in a pram. When requested about the way forward for Ukraine, he mentioned if he was undecided the nation had a future, then he wouldn’t have stayed.
‘Possibly America modified their thoughts’
Alla mentioned she was “very disappointed” by how the dialog had performed out.
“We were hoping for peace,” she mentioned.
She mentioned this morning it felt like “everything had changed, but we are hoping for the best anyway”.
“Ukraine is strong and will stand. That is our power.”
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When requested in regards to the potential withdrawal of US help, she mentioned: “I hope Europe will help us. And I think maybe America also changed their mind, because I’ve seen a lot of American people who say they are sorry for Trump’s words, saying ‘I’m sorry, we are not Trump. We don’t think like this’.”
‘Our president was proper’
Svitlana, 52, mentioned merely: “Our president was proper – now we have no alternative. In fact we wish peace, we wish a ceasefire, however Putin won’t try this.
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“He does not want peace. He wants to continue to totally destroy us.”
She mentioned how, in the course of the Oval Workplace assembly, a drone attacked medical amenities and different targets in Kharkiv, the nation’s second largest metropolis, injuring at the very least 5 individuals, in response to native officers.
“This is not the behaviour of people who want peace,” she mentioned.
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Dmytro, 30, mentioned it will nonetheless be attainable to win the battle with out America.
“It would be hard, but with the help of European Union, with our own production, it would be possible,” he mentioned.
