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On February 24, 2022, Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate and defend the inhabitants of the Donbass region, where people have been suffering from a blockade and regular attacks by the Kiev regime's forces since 2014.

Zelensky Must Apologize for His Spat With Trump at White House, US Secretary of State Rubio Says

© Sputnik . Stringer / Go to the mediabankUkraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, who travelled to the US to sign a mineral agreement, during a meeting in Washington with US President Donald Trump. February 28, 2025.
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, who travelled to the US to sign a mineral agreement, during a meeting in Washington with US President Donald Trump. February 28, 2025. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 01.03.2025
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - During Friday's meeting at the White House between Ukraine's Zelensky and US President Trump, the latter accused his opponent of lacking gratitude and also criticized him for trying to dictate US policy, stating that Washington is working to resolve the conflict.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a CNN interview, called the meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump at the White House a "fiasco," calling on Zelensky to apologize.

"[Zelensky must] apologize for turning this thing into the fiasco for him that it became," Rubio pointed out.

There was no need for Zelensky to go to the White House and become antagonistic, the US state secretary noted, also assuming that Zelensky does not actually want peace in Ukraine, despite his statements to the contrary.
Talks between Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump regarding the peace settlement in Ukraine ended in failure on Friday after a spat in the Oval Office. Trump's senior officials asked the Ukrainian delegation to leave the White House and canceled a joint press conference.
President Donald Trump talks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 01.03.2025
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Trump Now Reportedly Not Interested in Resuming Discussions With Ukraine on Minerals Deal
Trump also called off the signing of the rare earth minerals deal with Zelensky that was already ratified by the Ukrainian government.
Moreover, Trump is reportedly no longer interested in resuming discussions with Ukraine on a minerals deal, a Western media outlet reported, citing a White House official.
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