Closing summary
We’re going to wrap up this live coverage now, it’s almost 4:30pm in Washington DC and 11:30pm in Kyiv. You can read the top lines on the meeting between Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in our full report here, and below is an overview of all the latest. Thanks for reading.
Ukrainians have rallied behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his mauling on Friday in the White House, and have accused Donald Trump and the US vice-president, JD Vance, of deliberately and cynically “starting a brawl.” Zelenskyy thanked the American people and leadership and voiced hope for “strong relations.”
Zelenskyy on Saturday arrived in London ahead of a summit on Sunday organized by British prime minister Keir Starmer with other European leaders. The summit will also include leaders from France, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, Czechia and Romania, as well as the NATO secretary-general and the presidents of the European Commission and European Council.
Starmer “restated his determination to finding a path that ends Russia’s illegal war” when he met Zelensky at Downing Street on Saturday, No 10 has said. Giving a readout of the two leaders’ meeting, a Downing Street spokesperson said: “The Prime Minister reiterated his unwavering support for Ukraine, adding that the UK will always stand with them, for as long as it takes.”
The Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, said yesterday’s fracas between Trump and Zelenskyy was “unfortunate” and they should repair their relationship. “I have been twice on the phone now with President Zelenskyy. I told him this, we need to stick together, the United States, Ukraine and Europe, to bring Ukraine to a durable peace,” said Rutte.
The US national security adviser, Mike Waltz, has given Fox News a first-person account of the moment he told a “still argumentative” Zelenskyy it was time to leave the White House. Waltz said he told Zelenskyy: “Time is not on your side here. Time is not on your side on the battlefield. Time is not on your side in terms of the world situation, and, most importantly, US aid and the taxpayers’ tolerance is not unlimited.”
The Russian foreign ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, said Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington was Kyiv’s diplomatic failure, and that the Ukrainian president rejected peace, and was obsessed with continuing the war.
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Protesters gathered in Waitsfield, Vermont, on Saturday to protest vice president JD Vance, who is visiting the state with his family for a ski trip.
The demonstration the morning after the clash between Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump, who was joined by Vance in the Oval Office.
Some of the demonstrators are part of Indivisible, a left-wing political group founded in response to Donald Trump’s election as president in 2016.
Meanwhile, a protest has also erupted in SpaceX’s facilities in Southern California.
Protesters were seen waving the Ukranian flag.
