A Ukrainian lawmaker tells the BBC that she was shocked by the exchange that unfolded at the Oval Office yesterday.

"We did not expect this level of aggression towards our president," Inna Sovsun, an opposition MP in Ukraine's parliament, says.

"We felt [a] strong feeling of injustice because that's not how we should be treated. We are the nation that has been attacked and yet this is the support that we're getting from the biggest democratic country in the world," she says, adding that the situation feels "very unjustified".

"I think that it’s unacceptable, what he faced there," she adds.

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Vitaliy Shevchenko
BBC Monitoring's Russia editor

In Ukraine, commentators are expressing dismay that relations with its most powerful ally are suddenly at their lowest point.

The Kyiv Independent - Ukraine’s most prominent English-language publication - carries an editorial, external arguing that America is joining forces with Russia against Ukraine.

“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war,” it says. “[Trump and his government] are also choking their other allies in the process. But most importantly, they are betraying the interests of America, and making it weaker.”

Popular journalist-turned-politician Mustafa Nayem says, external the Trump administration sees Ukraine “as an annoying obstacle in their cozy world of behind-the-scenes deals and secret handshakes”.

“Volodymyr Zelensky stood his ground," Nayem says, and he did so with a "dignity" that his opponents cannot comprehend.

Journalist Denys Kazansky, external says Zelensky was put in an impossible situation when he was accused of ingratitude by Vice-President JD Vance. “Had he bitten his lip and nodded, it would have looked humiliating. He started arguing and was accused of disrespecting the US.”

Military pundit Mykola Bielieskov, external is at a loss as to how to repair relations with a key ally.

“US support and mutually beneficial relations are critically important for us under the circumstances,” he says. “But how do we build and develop them when they don’t hear us and ignore our interests – to be honest, I have no idea.”

“I have sympathy for those who are now responsible for Ukraine-US relations...Yesterday was the darkest day in our relations.”

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We're hearing more now from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who says it is important that "Ukraine is heard and that no one forgets about it, neither during the war nor after".

In a post on Telegram, he reflects on a visit with members of the Ukrainian community in Washington DC, saying it is important for his people to "know that they are not alone" and that "their interests are represented in every country, in every corner of the world".

"Thank you for your support in this difficult time, for all your efforts for the sake of Ukraine and Ukrainians and for your help - not only diplomatic and financial, but also political and prayerful," he writes

Lyse Doucet
Chief international correspondent

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Shock shot round a world which witnessed the astonishing shouting match in the Oval Office.

Now, in many capitals, that sharp intake of breath has been replaced by the deep breath needed to find a way out of this dangerous impasse.

Ukraine knows, through all its painful losses of this war, the urgency of keeping the United States on its side. So too does Europe, now scrambling to ramp up its own support to embattled Kyiv.

President Trump, who prides himself on being the world’s best peacemaker, needs Ukraine to clinch any deal.

The American leader’s furious charge, shared by his ardent supporters, that President Zelensky “disrespected” the United States won’t be easily forgotten or forgiven.

But there are many who blame President Trump and his team for berating, even entrapping, a leader fighting not just for his country, but the facts of Russia’s full-scale invasion, and the security guarantees needed to stop it.

Old alliances and assumptions are not just shattered, the pieces don’t fit together anymore. Now is a fateful time to try to forge a new architecture.

Ukrainian MP Lisa Yasko says the exchange between Trump and Zelensky in the White House yesterday "was a big shock...especially for ordinary Ukrainians who still believed that the US and the West would help us".

"It's not a gamble. It's about millions of people. So this is very sensitive to all of us," she tells BBC's 5 Live, adding: "We want to end war, but we also want to have respect. And we also don't want to forget who the aggressor is."

She goes on to say that for Ukraine "every conversation is about people's lives".

"Sometimes you have to say no, if you understand that it will not bring you long term peace. A ceasefire without any understanding of future security is not going to help us," she adds.

A black and white picture emerges for Ukrainepublished at 09:15 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March

09:15 GMT 1 March

James Waterhouse
Ukraine correspondent in Kyiv

The UK Prime Minister has resisted commenting publicly on yesterday’s row. Downing Street says Keir Starmer has spoken to both presidents. And this is of course off the back of quite a warm visit by him and Emmanuel Macron to Washington this week, where it was a bit more nuanced.

You had both leaders representing Europe saying, “look, Mr President, we’re increasing our defence spending, we also have a plan on how we would police a ceasefire in Ukraine”.

For Zelensky, yesterday’s meeting was more black and white.

This war is still existential in the eyes of Ukrainians before leaving their leader said: “I’m going to ask Donald Trump whether he’s going to help us or not?”

Clearly the exchange went one way and not the other. Whether it was a planned dressing down or otherwise, it represented a disintegration of a such high stakes diplomatic endeavour for Ukraine’s leader.

Perhaps this minerals deal, which Zelensky never ended up signing, was simply part of a ritual. It could yet turn into a means to give America a stake in Ukraine – a reason to step in if fighting was to break out.

It also might come to nothing, leaving Ukraine to fight on with only the help of a struggling Europe.

You wonder just how delighted the Kremlin will be from the political sights of the last 12 hours.

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The extraordinary scenes from the Oval Office on Friday has prompted a series of responses from European leaders. Here's what they're saying:

• French President Emmanuel Macron, who met Trump earlier this week, says: "There is an aggressor: Russia. There is a victim: Ukraine. We were right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago—and to keep doing so"
• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also writes in a post on X that "nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians do", before adding that "Ukraine can rely on Germany – and on Europe"
• Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says an "immediate summit" is needed between the US, Europe and its allies to discus the war in Ukraine
• The UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer is yet to be make a comment but a spokesperson for No 10 says he has spoken to both Trump and Zelensky and that “he retains unwavering support for Ukraine, and is doing all he can to find a path forward to a lasting peace"
• Ukraine's leader has also received support from senior EU leaders. President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has said: "You are never alone, dear president. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace"

Zelensky has responded to many of his European counterparts, expressing thanks for their support, in what is now a long list on his own X account. , external

Vitaliy Shevchenko
BBC Monitoring's Russia editor

We can now bring you an update on the overnight Russian attack on the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

Earlier, Ukrainian officials had said seven people were injured in the "massive" overnight drone strike, which occurred a short while after Volodymyr Zelensky left the White House yesterday.

Ukrainian officials are now saying that 12 people - including two children - have been injured in the drone attack on the country's second largest city. The casualties include four female patients at a hospital in the city centre.

Residential buildings, pharmacies, cafes and shops have also been damaged, the Ukrainian prosecution service says.

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Speaking to reporters on Friday after his clash with Zelensky in the Oval Office, Trump told reporters "it didn't work out exactly great".

He said Zelensky "overplayed his hand" in the exchange, and repeated the claim that Zelensky is dealing with a "very weak set of cards" in potential peace negotiations.

Trump said Zelensky would be "strong" if the leader signed the US-proposed minerals deal. "He's looking to go on and fight, fight, fight, we're looking to end the death," Trump added.

Asked what the Ukrainian leader needs to do to re-start talks, Trump said "he's got to say 'I want to make peace'".

He then repeated his threat of withdrawing American support: "Either we're going to end it or let him fight it out".

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Ukraine's president took to the American airwaves after his tense meeting with Trump in the Oval Office on Friday and attempted to calm tensions with the US administration.

"I'm very thankful to Americans for all your support," he began in his interview with Fox News. "You helped us a lot from the very beginning... you helped us to survive".

Asked if he owed the president an apology, Zelensky said: "I respect the president and I respect American people."

"I think we have to be very open and very honest, and am not sure we did something bad", he added.

He later said the clash was "not good" but he remained confident that his relationship with Trump could be salvaged.

"I just want to be honest and I just want our partners to understand the situation correctly and I want to understand everything correctly. That's about us, not to lose our friendship," he said.

Neha Gohil
Live reporter

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It was a meeting intended to discuss the end of the war in Ukraine.

After a war of words earlier this month, many were hoping the summit could lead to a warming of relations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump - very few could have predicted it would descend into a clash in the Oval Office.

If you're just joining us, here's a look at what happened:

• Zelensky's initial discussions with Trump appeared cordial as the US president said it was an "honour" to host the Ukrainian president
• But things quickly took a turn after Zelensky challenged Vice-President JD Vance's assertion that the "path to peace" is through diplomacy. "What kind of diplomacy are you speaking about," Zelensky asked, referencing Russia's aggression in the years before the invasion

• Vance then accused Zelensky of being "disrespectful" before he added: "You should be thanking the president"
• Zelensky said the US is protected from Russia: "You have a nice ocean, and don't feel now but you will feel it in the future"
• Trump then interrupted and his voice got louder as he said: "Don't tell us what we're going to feel. You're in no position to dictate that". He then accused Zelensky of "gambling with World War Three"
• Things continued to get more heated as Vance asked Zelensky: "Have you said thank you once?"
• Trump then threatened: "You're either going to make a deal or we're out"

• Quickly afterward, the US president posted a statement that said Zelensky should return to Washington when he is "ready for peace" - the scheduled press conference was cancelled and Zelensky left the White House

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Let's take you back to that interview that the US Secretary of State - Marco Rubio - conducted with CNN last night, just a few hours after the public spat between Trump and Zelensky unfolded.

Asked whether the Ukrainian president should resign, as suggested by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, Rubio said: "Well, United States, the president's taken no position on that. What he said today is, let him come back when he's ready to do peace. That's what he said. Let him come back when he's ready to do peace."

"I can only go off the words from the president," Rubio said, before adding that future talks with the Ukrainian leader won't go any further until he's "ready to make peace".

The secretary of state stressed that Trump wanted to "get a peace deal first", and then talk about security guarantees.

"That doesn't mean they [security guarantees] can't happen as part of that negotiation, but you have to have an agreement," Rubio said.

Zelensky and other senior Ukrainian officials have been pressing for firm security guarantees as part of any peace negotiations.

• For context: Zelensky was supposed to sign an agreement with Trump on Friday on sharing his country's mineral resources. Following the public spat that unfolded between the two leaders, that deal was not signed

Jaroslav Lukiv
Live reporter

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Ukraine's top military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi has publicly backed Zelensky after his spat with Trump in the White House.

In post on Telegram, Syrskyi wrote that the country's "armed forces are with Ukraine, with the people, with the supreme commander-in-chief [Zelensky]".

"Our strength is in unity," the general added.

Johanna Chisholm
Live page editor

Extraordinary. A spectacle. Humiliation.

Those were just some of the choice words that media outlets from across the world used to describe yesterday’s fiery exchange between US President Donald Trump and visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Our own colleagues, who were inside the Oval Office to witness the shouting match unfold, have said that while Friday’s meeting began with typical diplomatic pleasantries, it soon devolved into something else entirely.

Voices were raised, eyes rolled, aspersions cast - and all in front of the world's TV cameras.

The reaction was swift, both in DC and across the globe, with European allies throwing their support behind the embattled Ukrainian leader and Trump’s inner circle quickly taking to the American airwaves to defend the US president's position.

We’re going to continue to follow the latest from the Ukraine peace talks, as well as the broader fallout from yesterday’s meeting in Washington. Stick with us.

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An opposition Ukrainian MP has voiced support for Zelensky after his public row with Trump in the White House.

Inna Sovsun, a member of the Holos (Voice) party, told BBC Radio 4's the World Tonight programme that the Ukrainian president had been "attacked" by his American counterpart and Vice-President JD Vance, and "couldn’t have predicted that level of aggression".

"I do believe the president was speaking on behalf of all Ukrainian people," Sovsun said, adding that Trump and Vance "did clearly try to offend him".

"They clearly pointed out that it was his fault that the war is ongoing, which was an absolutely unacceptable thing to say," she said.

"And what strikes me most is, if you remember a week or so ago when the American team was negotiating with the Russians, they were all nice and cordial to the representatives of the country that has attacked, to the aggressor state. Yet when dealing with the president of the country that is the victim of the attack, they have been rude and unacceptably offensive."

Mike Wendling
US digital reporter

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Just before the heated exchange in the Oval Office, Zelensky faced questioning and comments over his choice to wear combat gear from a conservative journalist. The wardrobe question presaged the argument about thankfulness and respect.

"Why don't you wear a suit? Do you own a suit? A lot of Americans have a problem with you not respecting the dignity of the office," the reporter asked.

Zelensky has made a habit of wearing sweatshirts, usually adorned with the Ukrainian trident symbol, even when at important meetings with world leaders. He seemed unperturbed by the question.

"I will wear [a] costume after this war will finish,” he told the reporter. “Maybe something like yours, maybe something better… Maybe something cheaper."

The question was posed by Brian Glenn, the chief White House correspondent for Real America’s Voice, a right-wing network with a show line-up chock-full of Trump allies.

It is unclear how salty the Ukrainian president meant to be in his answer - the word “suit” can be translated into Ukrainian as “kostyum” - and the news conference swiftly moved on.

But the issue of due respect was at the centre of the full-fledged argument that burst out in the Oval Office just minutes later.

Can Europe provide leadership?published at 05:20 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March

05:20 GMT 1 March

Chris Mason
Political editor

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Sunday's summit of European leaders in London, hosted by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, was already shaping up to be crucial. It has now taken on further importance.

To give you a sense of that, Trade Minister Douglas Alexander told BBC Radio 4's Any Questions that not only were the scenes in the Oval Office "deeply troubling and sobering" but demonstrated "in the starkest possible terms" the extent to which "the world we've all experienced for the last 80 years" had changed, adding we that were in "uncharted waters".

He also called President Zelensky the "bravest political leader in Europe since Winston Churchill".

And the European Union's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said that it had "become clear that the free world needs a new leader. It is up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge."

But that is the crux of this. Is Europe capable of that?

• Read Chris's analysis in full

Jaroslav Lukiv
Live reporter

Image source, Kharkiv region state emergency service DSNS

Ukraine says seven people were injured in a "massive" overnight drone attack on the north-eastern city of Kharkiv.

The state emergency service DSNS says 64 people - most of them patients - were evacuated from a three-storey medical facility that was on fire after being hit by one of the drones.

Residential buildings, a shopping centre and other civil infrastructure facilities were damaged in the city, the DSNS says.

In Russia, the country's defence ministry reported that 48 Ukrainian drones had been "intercepted and destroyed" overnight in eight regions, including in Crimean peninsula which was annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House

Speaking to reporters outside White House after his meeting with Zelensky, Trump said that to resume talks Zelensky must say he wanted peace.

He also claimed that Zelensky wanted to come back to the White House "right now" but that was not convenient for Trump.

He added that a ceasefire could take place "immediately".

"We're not going to keep fighting, were going to get the war done or let them go and see what happens, let them fight it out," the president told reporters.

Ukraine is left on a perilous pathpublished at 04:19 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March

04:19 GMT 1 March

James Waterhouse
Ukraine correspondent in Kyiv

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If you are watching Ukrainian TV tonight, the meeting was reported in quite a straight, measured way. They simply referred to a minerals deal that was not signed.

But of course it is the spectacular way things broke down in the Oval Office which has shocked many, with some expressing their shock online.

Here in Kyiv, the people we spoke to are actually quite proud of the way Volodomyr Zelensky stood up to a near-coordinated shouting assault by the US president and vice-president.

This was still nevertheless a high-stakes visit for Ukraine’s leader. This was not about purely minerals or money.

It was about trying to engage Donald Trump to try to get him to produce a deeper co-operation with Ukraine that may amount to what are called security guarantees - military pledges that underpin any future ceasefire.

Because the belief here, fundamentally, is that without America’s support as a safety net, any ceasefire would barely be worth the paper it is written on. Europe by its own acknowledgement is struggling to fill that gap, and Ukraine has always needed external help whilst it has done the fighting.

It leaves Ukraine down a perilous path with a destination still unknown. But it could, from today, lose this war.