What’s subsequent for US and Ukraine relations?

Simply hours after his go to to the White Home, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to England and met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Downing Road on Saturday, officers instructed ABC Information. In a joint tackle, Starmer stated Ukraine has the unwavering help of the U.Okay.

Zelenskyy’s assembly on Friday on the Oval Workplace was a shouting match when President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance rebuked Zelenskyy for his dealing with of the struggle, falsely blaming him for a battle that started when Russia’s Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion.

Zelenskyy departed the White Home with out signing a mineral settlement that had been within the works.

The Trump administration is now strongly contemplating chopping off shipments of navy support to Ukraine, in line with a senior U.S. official. No closing choice has been made, however that this isn’t the primary time the administration has contemplated such a transfer, the official stated.

If the administration does shut off navy support, it’s not clear how wide-reaching the consequences will probably be. Within the closing months of the Biden administration, officers rushed to get as a lot navy inventory as they might out the door to Ukraine or to storage websites in Jap European NATO nations. A number of the navy gear cleared for Kyiv continues to be within the U.S. nonetheless, officers stated.

Former President Joe Biden left $3.85 billion in funds accessible underneath the presidential drawdown authority and stated it will be as much as the Trump administration to determine what to do with that funding.

It’s unclear how a lot support stays within the pipeline to Ukraine and the way a lot it’s value.

European leaders are holding a summit Sunday to debate how the continent can present safety ensures if Russia and Ukraine attain a ceasefire settlement. Zelenskyy will probably be taking part within the summit, in line with his spokesperson Serhiy Nykyforov.

Zelenskyy will meet King Charles III on Sunday along with taking part within the European leaders’ summit, a spokesperson confirmed to ABC Information.

In an interview with Laura Ingram on Friday, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated President Trump “figuratively and actually ate President Zelensky for lunch right this moment” on the White Home following their fiery alternate within the Oval Workplace.

“It was extremely tense in that room, and issues turned unhealthy and bitter in a short time, as a result of, sadly, President Zelensky refuses to acknowledge the pragmatic actuality in regards to the struggle that his nation is dealing with,” Leavitt stated. “This struggle has been happening for years. His countrymen are dying, and most of all, President Zelenskyy failed to acknowledge that he is strolling into the Oval Workplace with a brand new sheriff on the town, and that sheriff is Donald Trump.”

Leavitt stated it was “completely” not true that the outburst within the Oval Workplace was premeditated by the Trump administration, and as a substitute positioned the blame on Zelenskyy, who she stated provoked Vice President JD Vance.

“President Trump was enthusiastic about this financial settlement, and it was President Zelenskyy, when you roll the tape, who really antagonized the vice chairman in entrance of the cameras and picked a combat with him,” Leavitt stated.

Leavitt stated it stays to be seen what’s subsequent for the mineral deal between the U.S. and Ukraine.

“[Trump] feels this President Zelenskyy shouldn’t be in the proper mindset to barter peace,” Leavitt argued.