Shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy He left the White House on Friday after an amazing Oval Office with the President Donald TrumpThe Ukrainians gathered around Zelenskyy as a defender of their country’s interests.
The shouting match that was deployed in the final minutes of the long -awaited meeting between the two leaders seemed that at least for the moment, Ukraine hopes that the United States could be blocked as a reliable partner to help the defense and conclude, the triple of Russia.
The exchange, which saw a frustrated Zelenskyy, giving conferences by Trump and Vice President JD Vance, who saw their lack of appreciation for previous support in the United States, loved Moscow officials, who saw it as a final breakdown of the relations between Washington and the Ukrainian leader.
Many Ukrainians are not affected by the row
But many Ukrainians seemed to the explosion between Zelenskyy and Trump on Friday, expressing the meaning that the Ukrainian leader had been raised by the dignity and interests of his country, firmly maintaining his position in the face of obtaining some of the most powerful men in the world.
Nataliia Serhiienko, 67, retired in Kiev, said that he believed that Ukrainians approve their performance from its president in Washington, « because Zelenskyy fought like a lion. »
« They had a heated meeting, a very hot conversation, » he said. But Zelenskyy « defended the interests of Ukraine. »
The meeting at the White House aimed to produce a bilateral agreement that would establish a joint investment fund to reconstruct Ukraine, an agreement that was a potential step to end the war and to link the economies of the two countries over the next few years.
But while Zelenskyy and his team left the White House at Trump’s request, the agreement was left unpainted and Ukraine’s hopes to ensure the U.S. security support seemed farther than ever.
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However, when the Ukrainian leader returned to the empty hands of Kiev, his support at home seemed indisputable.
Ukrainian regional leader says the President remained strong «
When two drones hit the second city of Kharkiv of Ukraine on Friday night, the head of the region on the Russian border, Oleh Syniehubov, praised Zelenskyy. He said that the President remained strong at his insistence that no peace agreement could be made without guarantees for the security of Ukraine against future Russian aggression.
« Despite the pressure, our leader remains firm in defending the interests of Ukraine and Ukrainians. … We only need a peace with security guarantees, » said Syniehubov.
Artem Vasyliev, 37, said he had seen « completely » from the United States to the exchange of oval offices, despite the fact that Ukraine « was the first country to be raised in Russia. »
« We strive for democracy and we find a total discredit, towards our warriors, our soldiers and the people of our country, » said Vasyliev, a Russian occupied Luhansk native to East of Ukraine.
Vasyliev criticized the President of the United States for what he said was a failure to recognize the human cost of Russia’s invasion, saying that Trump « does not understand that people die, that cities are destroyed, people suffer, mothers, children, soldiers. »
« You can’t understand it, it’s just a business man. For him, money is sacred, » he said.
Expanded praise for Zelenskyy on social media
Ukrainian social networks woke up in Zelenskyy’s praise at the end of Friday, with officials nationally, regional and local to give their leader to support their voice.
The use resembled a recent increase in Ukrainian unit after Trump denigrated Zelenskyy by making false claims that Ukraine was run by a « dictator » who began the war with Russia, comments that led to some of the hardest critics of Ukrainian President to gather around him.
Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the southern Kheson region of Ukraine, which was mostly occupied by Russia at the beginning of the war, but then became partially returned by the Ukrainian forces, said that three years of war had tightened their countrymen on the ups and downs of the struggle to survive.
« We know what the pressure is, in the first lines, in politics, in the daily struggle, » said Prokudin. « He has made us stronger. The President has made stronger. The determination is the force that drives us forward. And I’m sure we will also last this time. »
Trump’s administration issued the warm exchange with Zelenskyy as part of his « America First » policy and hit the Ukrainian leader for a lack of appreciation for the United States.
But Zelenskyy sponsors in Ukraine praised their commitment to act in Ukraine’s national interest, even if it meant conflicting with the President of the United States.
« An unmatched commitment to Ukraine’s interests and devotion to his country. This is what we have seen today in the United States. Support to the President of Ukraine, « wrote the Vice President Oleksii Kuleba in Telegram on Friday.
Not all of Ukraine’s political figures, however, were so full of praise for the conclusion of the Oval Office meeting. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said he hoped that « Ukraine does not lose the support of the United States, which is extremely important to us. »
« Today is not the time of emotions, from both sides. We need to find a common ground, « Klitschko wrote in a post in Telegram.
– Associate press writers Hanna Arhirova and Illa Novikov contributed to this report.
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