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The day after the Trump administration announced a pause on all aid to Ukraine, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskeyy released a new statement Tuesday morning, insisting he is ready for peace with Russia, and is ready for President Donald Trump to direct the deal.
Monday, the Trump administration announced a pause on all aid to Ukraine, including weapons in transit or in Poland, “until President Trump determines the Ukrainians show a commitment to good faith peace negotiations.”
This all comes after Zelenskyy’s disastrous visit to the Oval Office on Friday, during which his arrogant and argumentative behavior led to Trump kicking him out of the White House and sending him on his way without the deal he had come to sign.
In his new statement, Zelenskyy took a more humble tone, but stopped short of accepting any personal blame for the entire debacle.
Zelenskyy’s new statement reads as follows:
I would like to reiterate Ukraine’s commitment to peace.
None of us wants an endless war. Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than Ukrainians. My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts.
We are ready to work fast to end the war, and the first stages could be the release of prisoners and truce in the sky — ban on missiles, long-ranged drones, bombs on energy and other civilian infrastructure — and truce in the sea immediately, if Russia will do the same. Then we want to move very fast through all next stages and to work with the US to agree a strong final deal.
We do really value how much America has done to help Ukraine maintain its sovereignty and independence. And we remember the moment when things changed when President Trump provided Ukraine with Javelins. We are grateful for this.
Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go the way it was supposed to be. It is regrettable that it happened this way. It is time to make things right. We would like future cooperation and communication to be constructive.
Regarding the agreement on minerals and security, Ukraine is ready to sign it in any time and in any convenient format. We see this agreement as a step toward greater security and solid security guarantees, and I truly hope it will work effectively.
I would like to reiterate Ukraine’s commitment to peace.
None of us wants an endless war. Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than Ukrainians. My team and I stand ready to work under…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 4, 2025
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