Zelenskyy says White House Trump spat 'regrettable'

The terse speech with Donald Trump astatine the White House was "regrettable," and "it is clip to marque things right", President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday, conscionable hours aft Washington announced a intermission connected subject enactment to Ukraine.

"Our gathering successful Washington, astatine the White House connected Friday, did not spell the mode it was expected to be," Zelenskyy said successful a station connected X.

"It is regrettable that it happened this way. It is clip to marque things right. We would similar aboriginal practice and connection to beryllium constructive."

In an unprecedented statement unrecorded connected TV past Friday, the US president told his Ukrainian counterpart during his White House sojourn helium should "be thankful," accusing Zelenskyy of being "disrespectful" and "gambling with World War III".

"Your state is successful large trouble," The US president continued, adding, "You are not winning this."

Reiterating that Ukraine could lone support itself for 3 years present due to the fact that of the US subject support, Trump said, "If you didn’t person our subject equipment, this warfare would beryllium person been implicit successful 2 weeks."

"In 3 days, (as) I person heard from (Russian President Vladimir) Putin," Zelenskyy retorted.

After the terse exchange, the US president said the woody with Ukraine — which brought Zelenskyy to the White House — was off.

Rare world minerals woody connected again

Yet connected Tuesday, Zelenskyy said Kyiv is acceptable to motion a woody connected its rare-earth minerals that the Trump medication sought.

"Regarding the statement connected minerals and security, Ukraine is acceptable to motion it successful immoderate clip and successful immoderate convenient format," Zelenskyy said. "

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

Days aft an explosive gathering with Zelenskyy, Trump ordered the assistance halted successful a bid to unit Kyiv to prosecute successful bid talks with Russia.

Officials successful Kyiv said they were grateful for the captious assistance of the US successful Russia's all-out war, present successful its 4th year, and wanted to support moving with Washington.

Yet, Ukraine and its allies are acrophobic Trump is pushing for a speedy ceasefire that volition favour Russia, which Kyiv says cannot beryllium trusted to honour truces.

A White House authoritative said the US was "pausing and reviewing" its enactment to "ensure that it is contributing to a solution."

The intermission successful US enactment isn't expected to person an contiguous interaction connected the battlefield. Ukrainian forces person slowed Russian advances on the astir 1,000-kilometre beforehand line, particularly successful the fiercely contested eastbound Ukrainian portion of Donetsk, immoderate 700 kilometers from Kyiv.

The Russian onslaught has been costly successful troops and armour but hasn't brought a strategically important breakthrough for the Kremlin.