Russian state media and allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin took a victory lap after US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s heated conversation with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. European leaders issued statements in support of Kyiv. In response, Zelensky systematically expressed gratitude to each of them. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday vowed \”unwavering support\” for Ukraine and spoke to both US President Trump and Ukraine counterpart VolodyMyr Zelenky following the angry White House meeting. Trump has refused to say if he would provide any security guarantees for peace, insisting Putin does not \”respect him enough to break any deal\” The meeting came after Trump held phone conversations with Russian President Putin and his administration made clear Moscow’s wish to not include Ukraine in NATO. Democrats accused Trump and Vance of doing Putin’s \”dirty work\” after they berated Zelenski in front of the world’s media. The Ukrainian President was accused of not being \”thankful\” for US help in the three-year war. \”You don’t have the cards right now. You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out, and if we’s out, you’ll fight it out and I don’t think it’s going to be pretty,\” Trump said.
