Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is ready to sign a minerals and security agreement with the United States and to work under president Donald Trump’s “strong leadership”.

While admitting his meeting with president Donald Trump “did not go the way it was supposed to”, Zelenskyy reiterated Ukraine’s commitment to peace and praised Trump for providing his military with Javelins.

In a statement released on X, he said:

I would like to reiterate Ukraine’s commitment to peace.None of us wants an endless war. Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. 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.

We are ready to work fast to end the war, and the first stages could be the release of prisoners and truce in the sky – ban on missiles, long-ranged drones, bombs on energy and other civilian infrastructure – and truce in the sea immediately, if Russia will do the same. Then we want to move very fast through all next stages and to work with the US to agree a strong final deal.

He added:

We do really value how much America has done to help Ukraine maintain its sovereignty and independence. And we remember the moment when things changed when President Trump provided Ukraine with Javelins. We are grateful for this.

Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go the way it was supposed to be. It is regrettable that it happened this way. It is time to make things right. We would like future cooperation and communication to be constructive.

Regarding the agreement on minerals and security, Ukraine is ready to sign it in any time and in any convenient format. We see this agreement as a step toward greater security and solid security guarantees, and I truly hope it will work effectively.

Ukraine’s allies had no notice of Trump freezing military aid, Poland says

Jon Henley

Ukraine’s allies were not told in advance of Donald Trump’s decision to pause military aid, Poland’s foreign ministry has said, as rattled European politicians reaffirmed their backing for Kyiv faced with dramatic further evidence of a US policy shift.

The US president’s announcement “was made without any information or consultation, neither with Nato allies nor with the Ramstein group which is involved in supporting Ukraine,” the ministry spokesperson Paweł Wroński said on Tuesday.

Wroński described the decision, which piles pressure on Kyiv’s remaining allies to step up alternative aid and appearsintended to push Ukraine towards capitulating to Russia’s demands, as “very important” and the situation as “very serious”.

Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, told a cabinet meeting in Warsaw that Europe now faced unprecedented risks, including “the biggest in the last few decades when it comes to security”.

Tusk said his government would have to make some “extraordinary” decisions. “A decision was announced to suspend the US aid for Ukraine, and perhaps start lifting sanctions on Russia. We don’t have any reason to think these are just words,” he said.

“This puts Europe, Ukraine, Poland in a more difficult situation,” he said, adding that Warsaw was determined to “intensify activities in Europe to increase our defence capabilities” while maintaining the best possible relations with the US.

The French minister for European affairs, Benjamin Haddad, said Trump’s move had made the prospect of peace more distant because it “only strengthens the hand of the aggressor on the ground, which is Russia”.

At least three lawmakers were injured on Tuesday after chaos erupted in Serbia’s parliament, where smoke bombs and flares were thrown.

Lawmakers were scheduled to vote on a law that would increase funding for university education, but opposition parties insisted the session was illegal and should first confirm the resignation of prime minister Miloš Vučević and his government.

Local media RTS reported that “Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabić said MP Jasmina Obradović, who was hit by a stun gun, suffered a stroke and is fighting for her life. MP Jasmina Karanac was also injured, as was Sonja Ilić, who is eight months pregnant.”

The details have not been independently verified by the Guardian. Other reports suggest at least one MP was hit by a bottle amid the chaotic scenes.

Reuters reports that after the ruling coalition led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) approved the agenda for the session, some opposition politicians ran out of their seats towards the parliamentary speaker and scuffled with security guards. Others tossed smoke grenades and teargas, with live TV showing black and pink smoke inside the building.

The ruling coalition in Serbia has accused western intelligence agencies of trying to destabilise the country and topple the government by backing protests which have been ongoing since a railway station roof collapse in November 2024.

Miranda Bryant

Miranda Bryant is the Guardian’s Nordic correspondent

Russia will redeploy resources if the war ends in Ukraine and shift its attention to Finland and other parts of Europe, Finnish security services have warned.

According to the 2025 annual report by Supo, the Finnish security and intelligence service, published on Tuesday, an end to the war in Ukraine would “improve the ability of Russia to engage in hostile activity elsewhere in Europe”. This would also “increase the threat to Finland,” it said.

The report also warned that multiple states, including Russia, have increased their use of proxies both in intelligence and broader influencing campaigns, including in an attempt to “undermine western support for Ukraine”.

In the report, Supo said:

Sabotage operations in Europe linked to the Russian military intelligence service GRU are one example of this. By using intermediaries, Russia seeks to cover its tracks. Russian sabotage operations aim to influence public opinion and the sense of public safety, and to overwhelm the authorities in target countries. The main goal at the moment is to undermine western support for Ukraine.

Finland is a target for “continuous and active espionage operations” from Russia and China, it said, as well as Iran.

Supo director, Juha Martelius, said:

The western intelligence community has a highly uniform view of the growing threat from Russia. As a country that borders Russia and as a state on the Baltic Sea, Finland must prepare for growth in Russian influencing.

Reuters is carrying further quotes from Ukraine’s prime minister Denys Shmyhal, who said that his country was ready to sign a minerals deal with the US. The Donald Trump administration has been attempting to persuade Ukraine to provide it with minerals in exchange for military aid already rendered during Russia’s invasion.

Shmyhal said “Our military and the government have the capabilities, the tools, let’s say, to maintain the situation on the frontline. They are obviously not subject to disclosure. We will continue to work with the US through all available channels in a calm manner.”