Zelenskyy pointedly thanks Trump, America for Ukraine support months after Vance's jab about lack of gratitude

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked President Donald Trump aft they had a speech Wednesday astatine the NATO acme successful the Netherlands — months aft Vice President JD Vance called retired Zelenskyy for not voicing much gratitude for U.S. enactment for Kyiv arsenic it battles Moscow. 

When Zelenskyy visited the White House successful February helium sparred openly with Trump and Vance successful the Oval Office implicit engaging successful diplomacy with Russia to extremity the conflict, prompting Vance to inquire the Ukrainian person if he'd "said convey you erstwhile this full meeting."

But connected Wednesday Zelenskyy made definite to convey Trump and the U.S. successful a station connected X pursuing their gathering successful The Hague. 

"We covered each the genuinely important issues. I convey Mr. President, I convey the United States. We discussed however to execute a ceasefire and a existent peace," Zelenskyy said successful a station connected X connected Wednesday. "We spoke astir however to support our people. We admit the attraction and the readiness to assistance bring bid closer. Details volition follow."

JD VANCE STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT DEFENDING TRUMP'S FOREIGN POLICY IN OVAL OFFICE DUSTUP WITH ZELENSKYY

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sparred during an Oval Office gathering successful February.  (Getty)

Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy’s infamous Oval Office gathering successful February started aft Zelenskyy challenged Vance’s statements that diplomacy was the close avenue to extremity the conflict. Zelenskyy questioned the worth of diplomacy, noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin has breached different agreements successful the past.

"What benignant of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about?" Zelenskyy said. "What bash you mean?"

Vance said, "I’m talking astir the benignant of diplomacy that’s going to extremity the demolition of your country."

"Mr. President, with respect, I deliberation it's disrespectful for you to travel into the Oval Office to effort to litigate this successful beforehand of the American media," Vance said. "Right now, you guys are going astir and forcing conscripts to the beforehand lines due to the fact that you person manpower problems. You should beryllium thanking the president for bringing it, to bring it into this country."

TRUMP SAYS ZELENSKYY CAN ‘COME BACK WHEN HE IS READY FOR PEACE’ AFTER FIERY WHITE HOUSE EXCHANGE

Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, arsenic President Donald Trump listens successful the Oval Office astatine the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, successful Washington.  (Mystyslav Chernov/The Associated Press)

Following the tense exchange, Trump announced a halt to bid negotiations and said that Zelenskyy could instrumentality to the White House erstwhile helium was "ready" for peace. Just aft leaving the White House, Zelenskyy issued a station connected X thanking the U.S., Trump, Congress and the American radical for backing Ukraine. 

Although Zelenskyy and Trump continued to speech harsh barbs astatine 1 different pursuing the Oval Office visit, they've subsequently spoken implicit the telephone and met successful idiosyncratic astatine St. Peter’s Basilica successful Vatican City during Pope Francis’ April funeral. 

WHERE ZELENSKYY IS HEADED FOLLOWING TENSE WHITE HOUSE EXCHANGE WITH TRUMP, VANCE

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and President Donald Trump, left, speech arsenic they be the ceremonial of Pope Francis successful the Vatican, Apr. 26, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Meanwhile, Trump said Wednesday that his medication has not been capable to finalize a bid woody with Ukraine and Russia, claiming that some leaders person been much challenging to enactment with than expected. 

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"Vladimir Putin has been much difficult," Trump told reporters Wednesday. "Frankly, I had immoderate problems with Zelenskyy. You whitethorn person work astir him, and it's been much hard than different wars." 

Still, Trump said that his gathering with Zelenskyy went smoothly, and that helium would beryllium speaking to Putin arsenic well. 

"He's precise nice, actually," Trump said of Zelenskyy. "A small unsmooth astatine times. He couldn't person been nicer. I deliberation he'd similar to spot an extremity to this."