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The first steps on the path to a just and lasting peace are incredibly important. We want to move forward speedily, in cooperation with the United States and all of Europe,
Zelensky said on social media platform X
We have taken a step back and are pausing and reviewing all aspects of this relationship,
national security adviser Mike Waltz said Wednesday
Today our Ukrainian and U.S. teams began working on a meeting. Andriy Yermak and Mike Waltz spoke,
Zelenskiy said in his evening address, referring to his chief of staff and the U.S. national security adviser
We also exchanged views on security issues and the alignment of positions within the framework of bilateral relations between Ukraine and the United States, ... We have scheduled a meeting for our teams in the near future to continue this important work."
Yermak posted on social media platform X
I think on the military front and the intelligence front, the pause that allowed that to happen, I think, will go away. And I think we'll work shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine, as we have to push back on the aggression that's there, but to put the world in a better place for these peace negotiations to move forward,
Ratcliffe saidOur meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go the way it was supposed to be. It is regrettable that it happened this way,
Zelenskyy posted on X TuesdayWe would like future cooperation and communication to be constructive."
He addedI just got off the phone before I walked out here with my counterpart, the Ukrainian national security adviser,
he said