14 m. ago Starmer expresses support for Ukraine after calls to Trump and Zelenskyy

Dramatic conclusion of White House meeting comes as US and Ukraine had planned to sign mineral deal

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24 m. ago Ukraine Russia war latest: Starmer declares ‘unwavering support’ for Zelensky as White House talks axed amid Trump fury

Volodymyr Zelensky has left the White House after the meeting to sign a critical mineral deal descended into chaos

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29 m. ago Trump live updates: President and Vance attack Zelensky in tense White House exchange before canceling peace talks

Trump and Ukrainian president were discussing security and minerals deal as part of Russia peace agreement when meeting descended into shouting match

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77 m. ago Zelenskyy leaves White House early after fiery meeting with Trump, who claims Ukrainian leader isn’t ready for peace – live

Press conference between US and Ukraine leaders cancelled and no minerals deal signed after angry scenes in White House; European leaders stand behind ZelenskyyUkraine ‘gambling with world war three’, Trump tells ZelenskyyDemocrats defend Zelenskyy after ‘shameful’ Trump meetingin AthensThe peaceful scenes in central Athens have now been eclipsed by the eruption of full scale clashes between rock-throwing youths and riot police. Continue reading...

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80 m. ago Ukraine is not going to get the peace settlement it needs and deserves

Editorial: As tempers flared in the White House, it is President Zelensky – and the rest of Europe – who will suffer

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80 m. ago Republicans slam Zelensky for 'screwing up bigtime' as Democrats say 'the guy has balls'

Lawmakers have erupted with praise for President Donald Trump's Oval Office meeting with the Ukrainian president while the meeting made Democrats fume with rage.

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81 m. ago Ukraine Russia war latest: Macron, Scholz stand by Zelensky as White House talks axed amid Trump fury

Volodymyr Zelensky has left the White House after the meeting to sign a critical mineral deal descended into chaos

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1 hour ago 'Keir Starmer's bid to bridge divide between Donald Trump and Europe is being tested'

Keir Starmer returned home buoyed by a positive meeting with Donald Trump but hours later Ukraine peace talks were hanging in the balance after ugly scenes in the Oval Office

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2 h. ago Watch: Furious Donald Trump and JD Vance clash with Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House

Trump accuses Ukrainian leader of ‘gambling with World War Three’ in Oval Office clash

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2 h. ago JD Vance unloads on Zelensky in Oval Office: 'Have you said thank you once?'

Vice President JD Vance publicly dressed down Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.for not being respectful enough to President Donald Trump during a dramatic Oval Office meeting.

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2 h. ago Zelenskyy speaks to Macron and Nato head Rutte after Oval Office debacle

Dramatic conclusion of White House meeting comes as US and Ukraine had planned to sign mineral deal

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2 h. ago ‘Dummies for Putin’: Democrats defend Zelenskyy after ‘shameful’ Trump meeting

Ukrainian leader abruptly left White House after being publicly berated by US president in Russia ceasefire talksUS politics live – latest updatesDemocratic lawmakers rushed to defend Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Ukrainian leader was publicly berated by Donald Trump in a disastrous Oval Office meeting.The US president accused Zelenskyy of “gambling with world war three” while his vice-president, JD Vance, called the Ukrainian leader “disrespectful”, before cutting short talks aimed at kicking off the process of ending Kyiv’s three-year war with Russia. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Watch: Zelensky and Trump’s chaotic White House meeting in full

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskys Oval Office meeting descended into chaos on Friday, 28 February, as Ukraine’s president was due to sign a critical minerals deal in an effort to regain US backing against Russia’s invasion.

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2 h. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene’s boyfriend mocks Zelensky’s clothes during chaotic Trump meeting

Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend mocked Volodymyr Zelensky for not wearing a suit during the Ukrainian leader's chaotic meeting with Donald Trump at the Oval Office on Friday, 28 February.

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2 h. ago Ukraine Russia war latest: White House talks axed amid Trump fury as UK politicians come to Zelensky’s defence

Volodymyr Zelensky has left the White House after the meeting to sign a critical mineral deal descended into chaos

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2 h. ago Trump tells Zelensky 'come back when you're ready for peace' as White House talks collapse in furious bust

US President accuses Ukrainian leader of 'gambling with World War Three' in extraordinary clashes in Oval Office

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3 h. ago Trump and Zelensky's meeting descends into screaming match as president lays hands on leader

The minerals deal is seen as a step toward ending Ukraine's three-year war with Russia, and references the importance of Ukraine's future security.

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3 h. ago Donald Trump tells Volodymyr Zelensky 'come back when you're ready for peace' as White House talks collapse

US President accuses Ukrainian leader of 'gambling with World War Three' in angry clashes in Oval Office

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3 h. ago Zelenskyy leaves White House early after furious meeting where Trump claims he ‘disrespected US’ and is not ready for peace – live

Press conference between US and Ukraine leaders cancelled and no minerals deal signed after angry scenes in White Housein AthensThe peaceful scenes in central Athens have now been eclipsed by the eruption of full scale clashes between rock-throwing youths and riot police. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago A humiliation at the White House and what does it tell us? Trump would make a colony of my country | Andrey Kurkov

A cold reality hit us in Washington. Zelenskyy was being forced to buy hope of survival by people who have no care for our freedomIt’s warming up in Kyiv. The temperature has risen from -5C to 4C. Sometimes, the sun peeps through breaks in the clouds, but Kyivites are not much cheered by the sunshine. They are not watching for signs of spring as they usually do at this time of year. The atmosphere in the city and in the country as a whole has been one of nervous expectation. This was not an expectation of an end to military action or the signing of a peace treaty with Russia – nothing so specific. Indeed, it was not at all clear what we were waiting for, but it was something connected with Donald Trump and the change in US policy towards Ukraine.Clarity emerged at today’s macabre theatre at the White House: handshakes, a thumbs up and some fist pumps from the US president, before Trump sat side by side with Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a minerals-for-war-support deal and to humili...

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