Ukraine battle newest: In order for you talks, cease attacking us, Zelensky tells Russia after air strikes on Ukraine

Laura Kuenssberg
Reporting from President Zelensky’s media briefing at Stansted Airport

Having been slammed within the White Home, then feted within the UK, President Zelensky’s temper, in public a minimum of, was not downhearted.

“If we do not hold our spirits up, we’re letting everybody down,” he advised the media final evening earlier than leaving the UK.

He made constructive noises about Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron’s plan to seize maintain of the plans for peace earlier than presenting them to the US, for Europe to up its sport, growing its personal extra convincing safety ensures.

Zelensky advised me he can be ready to present Donald Trump certainly one of his calls for – to signal the minerals deal that might give the US entry to a few of Ukraine’s assets.

Past that, regardless of all of the strain of a three-year full-scale battle, below all of the calls for from the White Home which, pretty or not, has the facility to guard or abandon his nation, on Sunday evening Zelensky stood agency.

He advised us it was fallacious at this stage to debate giving up territory Russia has captured, and it was too early to be “speaking about traces”, which Starmer had talked about earlier.

He wouldn’t apologise to Trump or specific remorse for something that occurred within the Oval Workplace, which for the time being, the US president’s camp is repeatedly calling for.

Even the boss of Nato referred to as for Zelensky to discover a technique to reset his relationship with the US chief.

But within the stuffy room at Stansted, there was not a lot in Zelensky’s tone that prompt he was taken with making good.

He mentioned he had travelled for hours to get to the White Home – his go to was a mark of respect. He additionally mentioned he would by no means “insult anyone” and the dialog because it erupted had not been a constructive for anybody.

Zelensky selected his phrases very rigorously. He tried to an extent to keep away from a autopsy of what went on. He was not impolite about Trump – he barely talked about him by title – and prompt tensions would move.

For those who watched the total horror of what occurred within the Oval Workplace you might properly not blame Zelensky for feeling it is merely not for him to apologize.