Defiant but tactful Zelenskyy seeks to move on from White House fiasco
Ukraine’s president says Oval Office meltdown best ‘left to history’, adding minerals deal is ready to sign
A defiant but tactful Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to apologise to Donald Trump after Friday’s spat in the White House, and declared that the row in the Oval Office “did not bring anything positive” to peace for Ukraine.
Speaking to journalists only in Ukrainian at the end of a two-day visit to the UK, the Ukrainian president said that when such delicate negotiations are held in public “foes can take advantage of them” though he said he hoped the row would eventually pass.
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