Overview
- Zelensky says King Charles III sent signals to President Trump that encouraged stronger U.S. support, describing the monarch as very supportive and respected by Trump.
- Rejecting sensational accounts of their Washington meetings, he denies Trump threw battlefield maps and calls their interactions normal, businesslike and constructive.
- He underscores that the United States remains Ukraine’s strategic partner with shared values, in contrast with what he calls an imperialist and revisionist Russia.
- Ukraine is pressing for Patriot air-defense systems and wider Western assistance after seeking Tomahawk missiles in October, which Kyiv did not secure.
- He warns that Russian assaults have intensified in Donetsk and could expand to a second front in Europe, and the interview itself was interrupted by power outages from ongoing strikes.