Zelensky meets US envoy after Trump brands him a 'dictator'

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00:00A warm welcome for the US envoy to Ukraine from President Volodymyr Zelensky.

00:07It's done little to thaw frosty ties between Kyiv and Washington.

00:11By the end of their meeting there was no customary press conference after Keith Kellogg pulled

00:16out of fielding questions from journalists.

00:19No justifications from the White House for why the news conference was called off but

00:23it comes amid the public war of words between President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart.

00:29Tensions reached an all-time high on Wednesday with Trump unleashing an online tirade against

00:33Zelensky calling him a dictator and blaming Ukraine for the war.

00:38Meanwhile the Ukrainian leader has hit back saying Trump is living in a misinformation

00:42bubble.

00:43The tit-for-tat came a day after Kyiv was left out of talks between top US and Russian

00:48officials aimed at ending the war, reversing the three-year long US policy of isolating

00:53Moscow.

00:54Trump's number two, J.D. Vance, has been defending the president.

01:25Another sticking point between the two sides is Zelensky's dismissal of an initial proposal

01:30from the US calling for 50% ownership of Ukraine's rare earth minerals.

01:36Zelensky stressing he will defend Ukraine and not sell his country.

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