Zelenskyy talks to Macron and Rutte after spat with Trump – FT
1 March 2025 00:36
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held phone conversations with French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. This is reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the Financial Times.
An unnamed member of the Ukrainian delegation in Washington disclosed information about Zelenskyy’s talks with Macron and Rutte to the FT.
These talks took place after a skirmish between Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump at the White House.
As a reminder, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy argued with his American counterpart Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance over the Russian-Ukrainian war.
First, Vance said that the war between Russia and Ukraine should be resolved through diplomacy. In response, the Ukrainian president said that he had already signed an agreement with Putin in the presence of the French president and the German chancellor.
Zelenskyy also said that if a bad deal was signed between Russia and Ukraine, the United States would “feel it.” Vance and Trump were outraged and replied that they would “feel great” and added that Zelenskyy had no right to impose his opinion.
Ukraine and the United States did not sign an agreement on rare earth metals as originally planned. The signing ceremony was canceled.
As part of his visit to Washington, Zelenskiy was scheduled to speak at the conservative Hudson Institute tonight after his meeting with Trump. But now this visit has been canceled.
