Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his reportedly tense meeting with US President Donald Trump last week was positive even though he did not secure the Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine and emphasized what he said is continued American interest in economic deals with Kyiv.
Zelenskyy said Trump reneged on the possibility of sending the long-range missiles to Ukraine, which would have been a major boost for Kyiv, following his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin hours before the Ukrainian leader and American president were to meet on Friday.
In my opinion, he does not want an escalation with the Russians until he meets with them, Zelenskyy told reporters on Sunday. His comments were embargoed until Monday morning.
Ukraine is hoping to purchase 25 Patriot air defense systems from American firms using frozen Russian assets and assistance from partners, but Zelenskyy said procuring all of these would require time because of long production queues. He said he spoke to
​Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his reportedly tense meeting with US President Donald Trump last week was positive even though he did not secure the Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine and emphasized what he said is continued American interest in economic deals with Kyiv.
Zelenskyy said Trump reneged on the possibility of sending the long-range missiles to Ukraine, which would have been a major boost for Kyiv, following his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin hours before the Ukrainian leader and American president were to meet on Friday.
In my opinion, he does not want an escalation with the Russians until he meets with them, Zelenskyy told reporters on Sunday. His comments were embargoed until Monday morning.
Ukraine is hoping to purchase 25 Patriot air defense systems from American firms using frozen Russian assets and assistance from partners, but Zelenskyy said procuring all of these would require time because of long production queues. He said he spoke to by Soban News (international And National News)
