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Zelenskyy: Ukraine is able to signal an settlement on fossil fuels and this would be the first step in direction of safety ensures
Zelenskiy says he is able to signal an settlement with the US on minerals as a primary step towards safety ensures. The President expects to listen to from Trump a plan to cease Putin.
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U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Feb. 28, after assembly with President Volodymyr Zelensky on the White Home, that Zelensky "shouldn’t be prepared for peace."
"He disrespected the USA of America in its cherished Oval Workplace. He can come again when he’s prepared for peace," Trump posted on Reality Social shortly after the assembly.
Zelensky has since left the White Home, in response to Reuters.
Trump stated his assembly with Zelensky on the White Home was significant and revealed issues that "may by no means be understood with out dialog underneath such hearth and strain."
He additionally claimed that Zelensky was "not prepared for peace if America is concerned" as a result of he believed U.S. help gave him a bonus in negotiations.
"I don't need benefit, I would like peace," Trump added.
The 2 leaders held a 45-minute press briefing within the Oval Workplace, which resulted in a heated change over American help to Ukraine and the situations of a possible peace take care of Russia.
The dispute started when Zelensky responded to U.S. Vice President JD Vance's assertion that Ukraine should settle for U.S.-proposed peace phrases.
As Zelensky tried to make his case, Trump interrupted: "You've carried out a number of speaking."
Zelensky pushed again, saying, "From the beginning of the struggle, we had been alone."
Trump countered: "For those who didn't have our navy gear, this struggle would have been over in two weeks."
Zelensky's go to was preceded by weeks of tense negotiations as Ukraine rejected the preliminary two draft proposals, presenting them as one-sided obligations for Ukraine with none safety commitments on Washington's aspect.
The long-debated settlement establishes a fund to which Ukraine will contribute 50% of proceeds from the longer term monetization of state-owned mineral sources, together with oil, gasoline, and logistics infrastructure.
Zelensky's reluctance to pen the preliminary draft, introduced to him by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Kyiv on Feb. 12, prompted Trump to publicly lash out in opposition to the Ukrainian president.
Final week, Trump denounced Ukraine's head of state as a "dictator," accusing him of refusing to carry elections whereas echoing the Kremlin's false narratives about Zelensky's illegitimacy.
The Kyiv IndependentOleksiy Sorokin
Explosions in Kharkiv: Russia hit an unmanned aerial car within the metropolis heart
Within the night of February 28, Russian drones struck the central a part of Kharkiv and Shevchenkivskyi district. The assaults occurred close to residential high-rises, and home windows had been broken.
French President Emmanuel Macron emphasised that Russia is the aggressor in its struggle in opposition to Ukraine following a heated trade between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump on the White Home on Feb. 28.
"There may be an aggressor, which is Russia, and an attacked folks, which is Ukraine," Macron instructed reporters in Portugal.
He emphasised that supporting Ukraine and sanctioning Russia was the precise determination three years in the past and stays so right this moment.
"We should thank all those that helped, and we should respect those that have been combating for the reason that starting," he added.
Zelensky met Trump within the Oval Workplace as the 2 leaders had been anticipated to signal a framework deal on Ukraine's pure assets.
His go to adopted weeks of tense negotiations. Ukraine rejected two preliminary draft proposals, arguing that they imposed one-sided obligations on Kyiv with out safety commitments from Washington.
The assembly ended and not using a deal after a 45-minute press briefing between Zelensky and Trump turned heated over U.S. assist to Ukraine and the circumstances of a possible peace take care of Russia.
Following the talks, Trump mentioned that Zelensky "will not be prepared for peace" and accused him of disrespecting the U.S. within the Oval Workplace.
"He can come again when he’s prepared for peace," Trump posted on Reality Social.
Zelensky left the White Home early with out signing a mineral take care of the US following a heated trade with Trump.
Macron's journey to Portugal adopted a go to to Washington, the place he sought to persuade Trump to decide to post-war safety ensures for Ukraine.
The French president has reportedly did not obtain any clear commitments from Trump, with an undisclosed EU official describing the journey as a "waste of time" in feedback for Politico.
The difficulty of safety ensures has been linked to the potential deployment of a European-led peacekeeping drive in Ukraine within the occasion of a ceasefire.
The Washington Publish reported on Feb. 17 that as much as 30,000 European troops might be despatched to Ukraine to watch a ceasefire.
The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy
“On this conflict, Russia is the aggressor, and Ukraine is the sufferer of aggression.” Stefanchuk expresses assist for President Zelensky's place in talks with Trump
The Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada expressed full assist for the President of Ukraine after his talks with Trump. The dispute between the leaders arose over the difficulty of safety ensures for Ukraine.
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U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Feb. 28 throughout a gathering with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington that safety ensures for Ukraine could be Europe's duty.
Trump stated he desires to finalize the peace deal between Ukraine and Russia first, emphasizing that safety ensures are solely a minor a part of the difficulty.
"I do know that France goes to (present ensures), I do know the U.Ok. goes to… However we might have safety in a unique type. We’d have staff there… digging," Trump stated as the 2 leaders are anticipated to signal a framework deal on Ukraine's pure assets.
The Kyiv IndependentThe Kyiv Independent news desk
They don't like one another: Trump on Zelensky's assembly with Putin
Donald Trump mentioned that the assembly between Zelenskyy and Putin couldn’t be amicable due to mutual hostility. The US president additionally famous that he helps either side of the battle.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reiterated his opposition to Ukraine's accession to the European Union on Feb. 28, warning that it could "destroy" Hungary, the nation's public broadcaster Hirado reported.
"It would destroy us. To begin with, it’s going to destroy Hungarian farmers and Hungarian agriculture; secondly, it’s going to destroy the complete Hungarian nationwide economic system, and I don’t know how we’ll management the crime that may flood into Hungary with this," Orban mentioned.
Whereas he acknowledged that circumstances might change sooner or later, Orban insisted that Ukraine's accession was "unthinkable" underneath present situations.
Orban, extensively seen because the EU's most pro-Russian chief, has repeatedly opposed navy support for Ukraine, arguing that Western assist prolongs the warfare.
He has maintained shut ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, assembly him regardless of the full-scale invasion and amplifying Kremlin narratives in Europe.
Hungary has used its veto energy to stall key EU selections on Ukraine, together with navy support and accession talks.
Budapest has additionally demanded the removing of eight people from the EU's Russia sanctions record and recent ensures on Ukraine's gasoline transit negotiations earlier than agreeing to resume the restrictions, Reuters reported on Feb. 25.
In earlier negotiations, Hungary secured exemptions for Moscow Patriarch Kirill and the home use of Russian oil merchandise.
Kirill, a detailed ally of the Kremlin, has publicly endorsed Russia's warfare towards Ukraine, but Budapest has blocked EU efforts to sanction him.
Ukraine utilized for EU membership in 2022 and achieved candidate standing inside months. Accession talks formally started in June 2024, with European leaders setting a 2030 goal for Ukraine's potential entry.
Unanimity amongst EU members is required for additional progress, giving Hungary leverage to delay or block the method.
The Kyiv IndependentTennyson Dearing
Common Workers confirms defeat of Russian FSB positions in Bryansk area: video
Ukrainian aviation efficiently attacked the Russian FSB border outpost within the village of Bila Berezka, Bryansk area. Army infrastructure was destroyed, together with communications tools and tools for coordinating fight operations.
Ukrainian forces destroyed a thermobaric munitions depot in Russian-occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast in a single day on Feb. 28, the Normal Employees reported in a submit on Telegram.
The submit was accompanied by a video of the strike close to the city of Selydove within the embattled Pokrovsk district — an preliminary explosion is adopted by a spectacular collection of a lot bigger subsequent explosions in what seems to be the detonation of fabric on the bottom.
The Normal Employees described the goal as a "thermobaric ammunition storage facility of the Russian invaders." The outcomes of the assaults are nonetheless being decided, based on the report.
The Kyiv Impartial couldn’t confirm the claims.
Ukrainian forces additionally hit three different services in Russia, the Normal Employees mentioned, together with the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai — the second time in February it has been hit.
The earlier assault, carried out by Ukraine on Feb. 17, prompted a fireplace on the plant, which incorporates six oil refining items with a complete capability of 6.6 million tons per 12 months, a supply advised the Kyiv Impartial.
Ukraine considers Russian oil services to be legitimate army targets, as fossil gasoline income provide Moscow's battle machine.
The Ukrainian army has launched repeated assaults towards Russian refineries with long-range drones.
The Kyiv IndependentAlex Cadier