President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy throughout their Oval Workplace final Friday. Zelenskyy left the contentious assembly with no deal.
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The Trump administration is pausing army support to Ukraine, a White Home official mentioned, simply days after a disastrous assembly between President Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“The President has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well,” the White Home official mentioned, talking on background. “We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution.”
The transfer comes a day earlier than Trump is scheduled to talk to Congress, and as Europe is working to forge a coalition to assist Ukraine in its struggle in opposition to Russia.
Monday evening’s growth is the most recent twist in a saga that started final Friday when Zelenskyy visited the White Home to finalize a deal on minerals, which Trump has mentioned is a step towards a broader peace deal he’s attempting to dealer. However the assembly between the 2 males deteriorated once they started brazenly arguing about finish Russia’s struggle in Ukraine.
Trump accused Zelenskyy of “gambling with World War III” and “disrespecting” america.
Ukraine has been pushing for safety ensures from america to forestall Russia from seizing extra territory if there may be certainly a ceasefire. Trump has been reluctant to decide to that.
In London Sunday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer mentioned Zelenskyy had agreed to work on a ceasefire plan with Britain and France. European leaders — except for Hungary — largely supported Zelenskyy following his Friday Oval Workplace assembly with Trump.
