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(NewsNation) — Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy said Ukraine wants peace successful a social media post Tuesday morning.
Despite a tense speech with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance connected Friday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine is "ready to travel to the negotiating table" to bring "lasting peace."
Zelenskyy besides expressed a willingness to collaborate with Trump.
"My squad and I basal acceptable to enactment nether President Trump’s beardown enactment to get a bid that lasts," helium said.
"We are acceptable to enactment accelerated to extremity the war, and the archetypal stages could beryllium the merchandise of prisoners and truce successful the entity — prohibition connected missiles, long-ranged drones, bombs connected vigor and different civilian infrastructure — and truce successful the oversea immediately, if Russia volition bash the same."
Trump called for Zelenskyy to show greater appreciation for the United States connected Monday, thing the Ukrainian president addressed successful his post.
"We bash truly worth however overmuch America has done to assistance Ukraine support its sovereignty and independence," Zelenskyy said.
"And we retrieve the infinitesimal erstwhile things changed erstwhile President Trump provided Ukraine with Javelins," helium said. "We are grateful for this. Our gathering successful Washington, astatine the White House connected Friday, did not spell the mode it was expected to be. It is regrettable that it happened this way. It is clip to marque things right. We would similar aboriginal practice and connection to beryllium constructive."
Zelenskyy added that Ukraine is acceptable to motion a rare minerals agreement.
Vance told reporters connected Capitol Hill connected Tuesday that, should Ukraine beryllium consenting to negotiate, "everything is connected the table."
“The president is inactive committed to the mineral deal," Vance added.
"I deliberation we’ve heard immoderate affirmative things, but not yet, of course, a signature from our friends successful Ukraine," Vance said. "But look, the mineral woody is simply a precise important portion of the president’s policy.”
