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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, garnering attention for his dignified demeanour during a contentious White House meeting with US President Donald Trump. The encounter resulted in an 'unprecedented disaster' as Trump and VP JD Vance engaged in a 'shouting match' whilst 'berating' Zelenskyy. An American reporter, Brian Glenn, Chief White House Correspondent at Real America's Voice, questioned Zelenskyy's choice of attire — his signature black sweater. Zelenskyy responded with poise, stating, «I will wear a (suit) costume after this war finishes, yes. Maybe something like yours, yes, maybe something better. I don't know, we will see. Maybe something cheaper. Thank you.» The situation deteriorated when Trump and Vance collectively accused Zelenskyy of «disrespecting» the U.S. The meeting concluded abruptly, with Zelenskyy departing without securing a crucial minerals agreement intended for a US-brokered truce.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took to social media platform X on Saturday to express his gratitude for the United States' support in the fight against Russian aggression, while calling for continued and firm backing from Washington; mere hours after his showdown with US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office. In a series of tweets posted on X, Zelenskyy acknowledged the vital role the U.S. has played in Ukraine's survival over the past three years of full-scale invasion. «We are very grateful to the United States for all the support,» Zelenskyy said, expressing his thanks to President Donald Trump, Congress, and the American people.

Trump-Zelenskyy meetingUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "killer" and terrorist". When US Vice President JD Vance spoke about diplomacy to end the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Zelenskyy asked him: "What kind of diplomacy are you speaking about".JD Vance said the Ukrainian leader was being “disrespectful", claiming he had not been thankful for US military aid.

Keir Starmer on Saturday, Starmer's office said, ahead of a wider summit of European leaders in London on Sunday to discuss a peace plan for Ukraine. «The Prime Minister and President Zelenskyy will be meeting in Downing Street this afternoon,» a spokesperson for Starmer's office said. The meeting follows an extraordinary public spat between Zelenskyy and Donald Trump at the White House over the war with Russia, with the U.S. president threatening to withdraw support for Ukraine.

Russia backed Trump who openly berated Zelensky on Friday and accused him of having «disrespected» the United States. Here are some key reactions from around the world, while Zelensky has thanked dozens of allies on social media for their «support».

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON : The complex task of negotiating an agreement to halt the Ukraine-Russia war now faces another daunting obstacle—the fractured relationship between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A meeting intended to be a display of unity descended into an on-camera clash, with Zelensky arguing that Moscow couldn’t be trusted to make peace, and Trump, along with Vice President JD Vance, indicting Zelensky’s handling of the war and failure to thank them for U.S.

Manoj Joshi, Distinguished Fellow, ORF, says right now we are only seeing the first stages in Mr Trump's economic outlook towards the world. Yesterday, he has announced a whole set of new tariffs. The reciprocal tariff system is yet to come in. I think it will come in in April. And so, yes, certainly the world is looking at a geopolitical disaster as well as an economic disaster. There is no doubt about that. ET Now: What do you make of what transpired last night in the Oval Office? Many foreign policy experts saying that this was unprecedented, but it was not altogether surprising, given the kind of statements that Donald Trump has made in the past with respect to Russia and, of course, the Ukrainian leader in particular.

NATO-member Turkey hosted initial talks between the sides months after Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, helping secure a deal for the safe passage of grain exports in the Black Sea. It has said any future peace talks must include both countries. While repeatedly calling for a ceasefire since 2024, Ankara has welcomed the U.S. initiative to end the war, which was derailed by a public argument between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States in Washington on Friday.

White House clash between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Donald Trump divided the U.S. president's fellow Republicans and dimmed prospects that Congress will approve any further aid for Kyiv in its war with Russia. Some Republicans who had long supported Ukraine lashed out at Zelenskiy after Friday's exchange, in which Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated the Ukrainian leader before the world's media, accusing him of disrespect. Senator Lindsey Graham called for Zelenskiy to change his tune or resign, just hours after attending a friendly meeting between Zelenskiy and a dozen senators.

Donald Trump is making all of Vladimir Putin’s dreams come true in Ukraine, but even at the Kremlin officials find the head-spinning turn of events hard to believe. Friday’s extraordinary Oval Office humiliation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by the US leader and his vice president, JD Vance, exceeded anything Russia could have expected. The response out of Moscow was swift. Former President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, said Trump told Zelenskiy “the truth to his face” before adding: “But it’s not enough — military aid should be stopped.” On the X social media platform, Medvedev called Zelenskiy an “insolent pig.”

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. FOR TWO years the war in Ukraine has been fought metre by blood-soaked metre. Suddenly, dramatic change is at hand.

rare mineral agreements between the US and Ukraine quickly unravelled into an extraordinary public confrontation. US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday, exposing growing cracks in the relationship between the two wartime allies.

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White House, a public handshake between two world leaders. Instead, it ended with sharp words, raised voices, and Ukraine’s delegation being asked to leave—with their untouched lunch still on the table. Friday’s meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, started off on a friendly note. Trump even called Zelensky «a great guy.» But within minutes, the conversation turned hostile. The breaking point? A discussion about diplomacy and the war in Ukraine.

Rupee against the dollar, says a report by Union Bank of India. In the first two months of 2025, the Indian rupee has already depreciated more than half the depreciation happened in all of 2024. By February 28 the Rupee has depreciated by 1.8 per cent against USD, this decline is already more than the 1.5 per cent depreciation seen in 2023 and nearly half of the 3 per cent depreciation recorded in 2024. The report said «change in stance of RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra who stated that the central bank is open to more flexible rupee and will allow it to move freely in tandem with its local peers as against former RBI governor Das who favoured a very stable rupee against the US dollar is also putting pressure on rupee».

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON : President Trump said he would take one more question—and then everything fell apart. It had been a relatively polite Oval Office meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was in Washington on a mission to secure the U.S.’s continued support in the effort to end Russia’s three-year-old war.

The exchange, which saw a frustrated Zelenskyy lectured by Trump and Vice President JD Vance over what they saw as his lack of gratitude for previous US support, delighted officials in Moscow, who saw it as a final breakdown in relations between Washington and the Ukrainian leader. But many Ukrainians on Friday seemed unfazed by the blowout between Zelenskyy and Trump, expressing a sense that the Ukrainian leader had stood up for their country's dignity and interests by firmly maintaining his stance in the face of chiding from some of the world's most powerful men.

On Friday, a meeting in the Oval Office that started out with cordialities turned heated at the end, with Vice President JD Vance telling Zelenskyy to show more gratitude toward Trump, before the president himself began shouting. «You're gambling with the lives of millions of people,» Trump berated Zelenskyy. «You're gambling with World War III.»