# Zelensky vows to 'make things right' with Trump and negotiate peace

4 March 2025

Jacqueline Howard  
BBC News  
Reporting from London

Watch: What's next for Ukraine and Trump's White House?

Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to work under Donald Trump's "strong leadership" to achieve a lasting peace days after their explosive Oval Office meeting.

The Ukrainian president described the White House showdown as "regrettable" in a lengthy social media post in the wake of the US announcing a pause in military aid to Kyiv.

Zelensky said "it was time to make things right", after Trump had accused him of not being ready to come to the negotiating table.

The Ukrainian leader also outlined the first stages of how the war could be ended.

Watch: 'If we stop, they won't': Ukrainians react to Russia's ceasefire demands
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