Starmer says he faced pressure from US to criticize Zelensky after Oval Office clash with Trump, NYT reports

Time magazine correspondent Simon Shuster published a report from the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. According to Schuster, this is a way for Zelensky to address the Western, especially American, public directly, after the quarrel with US President Donald Trump that took place in the Oval Office of the White House on February 28.

Starmer 'coached' Zelensky as PM reveals what really went on after Trump row

The Labour leader said it was inevitable that Kyiv's European allies and NATO would become strained over the course of the war.

Starmer says he faced pressure from US to criticize Zelensky after Oval Office clash with Trump, NYT reports

"We were under pressure to come out very critically with, you know, flowery adjectives to describe how others felt,” Starmer told the New York Times.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer admitted that after the row in the Oval Office, the American side pressured the government in London, expecting critical statements about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "I thought it would be better to pick up the phone and talk to both sides to try to get them to reconcile," he said in an interview with The New York Times.