Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his explosive Oval Office meeting with Donal Trump on Friday was "regrettable", in his first public remarks since the US announced a pause in military aid to Kyiv. "Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go the way it was supposed to be," he wrote in a post on X.

The statements piled up on social media, offering words of encouragement to the Ukrainian leader and his people.

The Trump administration has reportedly paused all military aid to Ukraine. The decision, reported by Bloomberg News, comes after a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday descended into chaos, the latest in a larger fraying of the U.S.-Ukraine alliance.

W HEN VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY arrived at the White House on February 28th the America-Ukrainian relationship was fragile and uncertain. By the time the Ukrainian president left, it was shattered. After a full-blown shouting match in front of the television cameras—with Donald Trump and his vice-president,

Donald Trump’s firebrand press secretary Karoline Leavitt has said it was “incredibly refreshing” to watch her boss and his deputy publicly humiliate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in front of the whole world.

The argument on Friday between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky was closely monitored in Moscow. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that someone should "force" the President of Ukraine to make peace.

The Friday argument between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky was closely followed in Moscow. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that "It is very important that someone forces Zelensky himself to change his position.

Sky News contributor Chris Uhlmann says the exchange between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump in the White House was “appalling”.