Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Tuesday said his country is firmly determined to continue cooperation with the United States following the news that Washington paused its crucial military aid.

Minutes after the fiery exchange, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Zelensky could "come back when he is ready for peace". Ukraine's prime minister has said his country is "firmly determined to continue co-operating with the United States" following the news that the US is pausing aid to Kyiv.

Ukraine is open to peace negotiations, but it cannot discuss territorial losses, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Tuesday. “We do not discuss and cannot discuss Ukraine’s territorial losses. We can talk about a peace plan that includes certain stages,” Shmyhal said at a news conference, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

Denys Shmyhal says peace without security assurances impossible, backs President Zelenskyy after Trump meeting - Anadolu Ajansı

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Kyiv would continue cooperating with the US calmly, after US President Donald Trump halted wartime aid.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says a major minerals deal with the US has been agreed. Speaking to Ukrainian TV, Shmyhal said a clause said that the US was "supporting Ukraine's efforts to obtain security guarantees needed to build lasting peace".

Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces could hold the situation together on the battlefield as they fight Russian troops despite a pause in U.S. military aid, and that it hoped to continue working with Washington pragmatically.