Zelenskyy Breaks Silence After Fiery White House Meeting With Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued his first public remarks after a fiery Oval Office exchange with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Friday that raised questions about the fate of the potential U.S.–Ukraine minerals deal that would have brought the two countries together and served as a bulwark against Russian aggression. “Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit,” Zelenskyy wrote in a post on X. “Thank you @POTUS. Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.” Zelenskyy’s post marked his first public comment since a heated White House meeting with Trump and Vance, where the three argued over Ukraine’s leverage and whether Zelenskyy had expressed sufficient gratitude to the United States for its long-running support for Ukraine in its war against Russia....