Friday, 28 February 2025

Ukraine ‘gambling with world war three’, Trump tells Zelenskyy in fiery meeting

Meeting between US president and Ukrainian leader degenerated into shouting match before being cut short

US military support for Ukraine hangs in the balance and talks over a minerals deal have collapsed following a disastrous White House summit in which Donald Trump warned Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he was “gambling with world war three” and told the Ukrainian president to come back “when he is ready for peace”.

Zelenskyy left the White House early and a press conference to announce the minerals deal was cancelled after Trump gave Zelenskyy a dressing-down that followed an ambush led by Vice-President JD Vance to shatter the fragile relationship between the two leaders.

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