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.

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

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.

Decision blocks delivery of crucial shipments of weapons, ammunition and vehicles that Kyiv has relied on to fight off Vladimir Putin’s forces

New estimates for the cost of rebuilding battered Ukraine have reached £413bn - roughly the same amount as Austria's GDP and more than 120 times higher than the UN's 2025 budget

The pause in US aid is not expected to have an immediate impact on the battlefield. Ukrainian forces have slowed Russian advances along the roughly 1,000-km (600-mile) front line, especially in the fiercely contested Donetsk region some 700km (400 miles) east of Kyiv.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has called on Europe to take decisive action and show solidarity with Ukraine to establish security on the European continent. — Ukrinform.

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.