Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declined to apologize for his tense Oval Office exchange with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The dispute erupted when Zelenskyy dismissed Vance’s claim that Ukraine could secure peace with Russia through diplomacy. In an interview with Fox News' Brett Baier, Zelenskyy acknowledged that the dispute with Trump was unhelpful. He emphasized Ukraine's struggle to defend itself without U.S. aid and thanked Trump and the American people for their support. Zelenskyy left the White House without signing a planned rare earth minerals deal, linking it to U.S. security assurances.
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