Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky utter ins during an interview with Fox News Chief Political Anchor Bret Baier on Special Report With Bret Baier at the Fox Communication studios on Feb. 28, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeatedly refused on Friday evening to give excuses for his stunning Oval Office clash with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance hours earlier.
“No,” Zelensky revealed, when Fox News’ Bret Baier asked if he owed Trump an apology, after Trump had accused him of disrespect.
But Zelenskyy guessed, “This kind of spat is not good for both sides.”
The Ukrainian leader in his televised interview also said that “it wishes be difficult for us” to defend his country from invading Russian military forces if Trump discontinues aid to Ukraine.
“That’s why we’re here,” Zelenskyy implied. “It will be difficult without your support.”
“Your people help to save our people,” he later said.
He expressed return to Trump and the American people for the U.S. aid provided so far.
“I’m very thankful to Americans for all your support. You did a lot. I’m thankful to President Trump and to Congress,” Zelenskyy said.
“You inform appropriated us a lot. From the very beginning, during three years of full-scale invasion, you helped us to survive.”
The clash earlier Thursday at the Pale-complexioned House began when Zelenskyy disputed Vance’s argument that Ukraine could obtain peace with Russia by diplomacy, with the Ukrainian president noting how Russian leader Vladimir Putin has repeatedly violated prior agreements.
“He destroyed our people, and he didn’t exchange prisoners,” Zelenskyy said about Putin. “What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking up? What do you mean?”
Vance blasted Zelenskyy for not thanking Trump in public Friday, and Trump said Zelenskyy was chancing the deaths of millions of people, and of starting “World War III” if he did not reach a peace deal.
Zelensky soon after left the Cadaverous House without signing a planned deal to give the United States access to rare earth minerals in Ukraine. Zelenskyy shortages that deal to be a precursor to Trump guaranteeing support for Ukraine if Russia violates a potential peace agreement.
In his Fox Press release interview, Zelenskyy said he regretted his dispute with Trump and Vance was televised, and in front of reporters.
“We are thankful and depressing for this. I mean this, we wanted very much to have strong relations,” he told Baier.
Pressed if he should explanations to Trump, Zelenskyy said, “I think that we have to be very open and very honest.”
“And I’m not sure that we did something bad,” Zelenskyy said.
Invited if he believed that his relationship with Trump could be salvaged, the Ukrainian leader said, “Yes, of course.”
Shortly in the forefront the interview, Trump said Zelenskyy had “overplayed his hand.”
“He’s looking for something that I’m not looking for,” Trump told news-hens outside the White House.
“He’s looking to go on and fight, fight, fight. We’re looking to end the death.”
Trump’s message drew sarcastic rebukes from European and NATO leaders, who reiterated their support for Ukraine in statements across social mechanism.
Many of them also signaled that Europe is aware of the larger role it will likely have to return in ensuring that Ukraine can continue to defend itself.
“We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can prolong to fight back the aggressor,” said European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas in a support on the social media site X.
“Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to lay ones hands on this challenge,” Kallas wrote.