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The White House meltdown: What next?
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7:01Now PlayingFormer defence minister James Heappey joins Matthew Wright to unravel an unexpected fiasco in Washington.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has refused to apologise to Donald Trump after a White House meeting descended into a meltdown that shocked the world on Friday.
The Ukrainian president said that he wanted his US counterpart "to be more on our side" in an interview after the meeting, which saw Trump accuse him of gambling with World War Three.
Plans for the two countries to sign a minerals agreement, which would see continued US military support in exchange for developing Ukraine's natural resources, were also put on hold when Zelenskyy left the White House early after the astonishing scene.
Zelenskyy said afterwards: "I'm not sure we did anything bad", when asked if he would like to make an apology.
He added: "We're thankful to Americans for all your support, you did a lot, I'm thankful to President Trump and Congress' bipartisan support," Zelensky said.
"You helped us a lot from the very beginning, you helped us to survive," he said in the Fox interview. "We are strategic partners."
He continued: "We have to be honest and we have to be direct with each other. Nobody wants to finish more than we because we are in this war, in this battle for freedom for our lives."
Speaking separately after their meeting, Trump accused Zelenskyy of wanting to "fight, fight, fight" while saying that he himself wanted to end the war.
But Zelenskyy insisted: "Ukraine wants peace and we will have diplomacy, we will have negotiations. It's about just and lasting peace, we have to be very strong at the table of negotiations."
He added: "I think this kind of spat is not good for both sides. I can't change our Ukrainian attitude to Russia. They are killers for us. This is very clear that Americans are the best friends, Europeans are the best friends.
"It doesn't mean that we don't want peace, we recognise the reality of the situation."
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