Ukraine's president tells reporters that despite a fractious White House meeting, he is prepared for the deal to go ahead.

Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he remains “ready to sign” a US-Ukraine minerals deal despite leaving the White House without an agreement following a contentious meeting with Trump.

Speaking in London after a European leaders’ summit, Zelensky emphasized that their fractious meeting only benefited Putin.

Refusing to discuss territorial concessions, he stated the “best security guarantees are a strong Ukrainian army.”

Responding to calls from Senator Graham that he resign, Zelensky quipped he is “exchangeable for NATO” membership, saying this would mean he had “fulfilled my mission.”

  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
    69·
    1 day ago

    The goal is US security guarantees, as in US military enforcing any ceasefire agreement with Russia.

    I don’t think that guarantee is worth the paper it is written on as long as Trump is in office, but that is the goal.

    • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      4 hours ago

      However the deal doesn’t contain security guarantees, which Zelensky was complaining about.

    • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      361·
      1 day ago

      Any long-term agreement with any US administration is not worth anything.

      This is not even purely a Trump thing. We saw this with the Budapest Memorandum.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        18 hours ago

        Taiwan is silently but furiously preparing for us to not help in the event of a Chinese invasion.