Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took to social media Saturday to clarify comments he made during the contentious back-and-forth with President Trump at the White House a day earlier, saying lasting peace in Eastern Europe would be “difficult” without U.S. support.
Zelensky, in a lengthy thread on the social platform X, expressed gratitude for the U.S. assistance to Kyiv during Russia’s three-year invasion of his country, reiterated the two nations’ “strategic” partnership and said no one wants peace more than Ukraine.
“We’ve been fighting for 3 years, and Ukrainian people need to know that America is on our side,” Zelensky wrote, adding that Kyiv needs to be “strong” during peace agreement talks.
“Peace can only come when we know we have security guarantees, when our army is strong, and our partners are with us,” he said.