Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared his gratitude to the United States and President Donald Trump on Tuesday in an apparent effort to mend fences after Friday’s rancorous meeting between the two leaders in the Oval Office.

Nobody wants peace more than Ukrainians. My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts,’

The Ukrainian said he wanted to “make things right” with the US president and lauded his “strong leadership”, after he abruptly froze military aid.

The US president read out a letter he said he'd received from his Ukrainian counterpart, in which he agreed to "come to the negotiating table".

Ukraine's President appears to have offered an olive branch to Donald Trump. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called last week's heated exchange with the US President at the White House “regrettable” - and insists he's ready to come to the negotiating table. It follows a decision by the US to pause military support for Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that peace with Russia is possible if Moscow agrees to certain conditions, as the Kremlin also eyed an end to the war but for different reasons.