After months of the outbreak of the war between Russia and Ukraine, then President Joe Biden received a private phone call to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Which included Biden alleging to lose his “nerves” and calls for Ukraine to “show more gratitude” towards the United States for its support, as explains the 2012 news report NBC.
“Biden has barely finished telling Zelinski that he had purified only one billion dollars in US military assistance to Ukraine when Zelinski began to include all the additional assistance he needs and did not happen.” NBC report Posted in November 2022, and he narrates a previous call in June 2022 that Biden and Zellinski shared.
The report said: “Biden lost their nerves, and the people familiar with the call said that the American people were very generous, and their administration and the American army were working hard to help Ukraine, raising their voice, and Zelenskyy may appear more gratitude.”
The tense exchange reported on the phone came a few months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The relationship between the spouses “improved only” after the phone call.
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Ukraine President Voludmir Zelinski and US President Joe Biden is walking to the White House Oval Office on September 21, 2023, in Washington, DC (photographed by Drew Angger/Geti Embs) (Getty Images)
Fox News Digital Biden office On Sunday morning for an additional comment on a 2022 phone call, but he did not receive a response immediately.
The report appeared during the weekend, after President Donald Trump and Vice President C.
The White House meeting has grown in almost the last ten minutes, after Vans said that peace will be reached between Russia and Ukraine Through American diplomacy efforts.
Zelinski and Trump (Kay Nietfeld/Picure Alliance/Curtis Means/Daily Mail/Bloomberg)
“Sir, with respect, I think it is not respectable to come to the Oval Office to try to litigate in front of the American media,” Tell Vans Zelinski. “At the present time, you wander, comrades and force the recruits on the front lines, because you have problems in the workforce. You should thank the president for bringing him, for bringing him to this country.”
“Have you ever visited Ukraine to say what problems do we have?” Laverskyy fired again.
“I have already seen and watched the stories and I know what is happening is to bring people and take them on a publicity tour,” Vans continued. “Sir, do you not agree that you have faced problems bringing people to your army? Do you think it is respectful to come to the Oval Office in the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying, and trying to prevent the destruction of your country?”
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelinski and his wife, Olina Zelinska, welcomes the Southern White Garden in Washington, on Thursday, September 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Zelenskyy continued this in the shadow of war, “Everyone has problems, even you”, and that the United States will feel the war “in the future”.
“Don't tell us what we will feel,” Trump returned to Zelinski.
“You are gambling with the lives of millions of people,” Trump added at another point during the stock exchange. “You are gambling with the Third World War. You are a gamble with World War III. What you do does not respect the country, this country.”
US President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Voludimir Zellinsky at the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. Zelinski and Trump publicly were publicly linked to the White House on February 28 at a meeting where they were preceding the signing of a deal to share the prominent Ukrin and discuss a peace deal with Russia. “You don't behave at all. It is not a nice thing,” Trump said. “It will be very difficult to do business like this,” he added. (Saul Loop Photography / AFP) (Getty Images)
Vans entered, and asked Zelinski if he said, “Thank you once, this entire meeting.” He also added that Zelinski “went to Pennsylvania and carried a campaign for the opposition in October” and that “he must” provide some appreciation words to the United States of America and the president who is trying to save your country. “
Congress has allocated $ 175 billion since 2022 for assistance to Ukraine, according to the Council of Foreign Relations, although accurate cash numbers about the amount of what the United States provided to Ukraine varies based on what is considered help.
The total European assistance to Ukraine between January 2022 and DECEMBER 2024 is about 138.7 billion dollars, according to the German Research Institute. The United States contributed $ 119.7 billion during the same time frame, Fox Digital was previously reported.
In his remarks to Zelinski, Trump continued that “the problem is, I enabled you to be a strong young man, and I do not think you will be a difficult young man without the United States.”
Zelenskyy says after a general dispute with Trump, Vans, says “bad dust for both sides.”
US President Donald Trump will meet Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinski as US Vice President JD Vance at the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. (Reuters/Brian Snyder/File Photo)
“And your people are very brave. But you will either conclude a deal or we are outside. If we are outside, you will fight it. I do not think it will be beautiful, but you will fight it. But you do not have cards.
Zelenskyy left the White House shortly after. The Trump administration canceled a planned press conference with Zelinski later that day, while a planned modern event that includes the leader of Ukraine was canceled at the Washington -based Research Center.
Zelenskyy joined Fox News' Bret Baier to conduct an exclusive interview on Friday evening, as he was pressed on whether he would apologize to Trump. The leaders of the United States, including Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, called for Zelinsky to apologize for the meeting of the Oval Office, but the President of Ukraine canceled calls during a Bayer interview, with an addition to respect Trump and the United States
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“I am very grateful to the Americans for all your support. I have done a lot. I am grateful to President Trump and the Congress to support the two parties,” he answered when asked about the apology. “You helped us a lot from the start, during three years of a comprehensive invasion, helped us to survive.”
“No, I respect the president and I respect the American people … I think we must be very open and very honest, and I am not sure that we did something bad,” he added when asked again whether he believed that he owes Trump to apologize.
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Zelenskyy traveled to the United Kingdom during the weekend, a meeting with British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer, who told the local media that he had spoken with Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the United Kingdom and France
European leaders are scheduled to travel to London on Sunday to further discuss the peace plan.
Diana Stansi from Fox News Digitter contributed to this report.
