Zelensky says he is ready to sign minerals deal and relations with US will continue – video | Ukraine

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talking to reporters after a summit with European leaders in London, sought to move the conversation forward from his difficult meeting with Donald Trump and signalled Ukraine’s readiness to sign a minerals deal. Zelenskyy said he did not think the US would stop its assistance to Ukraine, because as ‘leaders of the civilised world’ they would not want to help Vladimir Putin, the Russian president. ‘As regards to salvaging the relationship, I think our relationship will continue,’ he told reporters via a translator after the London meeting