Ukrainians reel from crisis in U.S. ties after Trump-Zelensky clash in the Oval Office [Video]

Ukrainians faced a daunting new reality on Saturday following the White House clash between President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump which plunged ties between Kyiv and its top military backer to a new low.

Friday’s confrontation flared over differing visions of how to end Russia’s three-year-old invasion, with Zelensky seeking strong security guarantees from a Trump administration that has embraced diplomacy with Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

A meeting between President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office turned into a heated argument.

Ukrainians, many of them hardened by three years of war, rallied behind Zelensky in defiance but worried about the future of U.S. backing for Kyiv’s war effort.

“The Americans don’t know the real situation, what’s going on here,” said Ella Kazantseva, 54, across from a sea of flags in central Kyiv commemorating Ukraine’s war dead.

“They don’t understand. Everything is beautiful for them.”

Kazantseva is from eastern …