Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued his first public remarks after a fiery Oval Office exchange with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Friday that raised questions about the fate of the potential U.S.–Ukraine minerals deal that would have brought the two countries together and served as a bulwark against Russian aggression.
“Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit,” Zelenskyy wrote in a post on X. “Thank you @POTUS. Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.”
