Ukraine ‘gambling with world war three’, Trump tells Zelenskyy in fiery meeting
by Andrew Roth in Washington and Lauren Gambino in Lo from US news | The Guardian on (#6VKJ0)
Talks between US president and Ukrainian leader degenerate into shouting match before being cut short
US military support for Ukraine hangs in the balance and talks over a minerals deal have collapsed following a disastrous White House summit in which Donald Trump warned Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he was gambling with world war three" and told the Ukrainian president to come back when he is ready for peace".
Zelenskyy left the White House early, and a press conference to announce the minerals deal was cancelled, after Trump gave Zelenskyy a dressing-down that followed an ambush led by vice-president JD Vance to shatter the fragile relationship between the two leaders.
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