NEW YORK, March 7. /TASS/. Ukraine should understand that the United States does not intend to provide it with security guarantees, Kiev needs to conduct negotiations of this kind with Europe, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

"I think he has to acknowledge that the security guarantee is coming from the Europeans," he said during a CNBC TV broadcast, referring to Vladimir Zelensky.

"I think he has this recursive loop, these two words: ’Security guarantee, security guarantee’," Bessent pointed out.

"And this security guarantee is twofold. One, as the US has more of an economic stake in Ukraine, in the success of the future of Ukraine, because I tell you, this deal (on rare earths - TASS) - there is nothing for the US if the Ukrainian economy doesn’t succeed. So there is an implicit economic security guarantee," he emphasized.

On February 28, Zelensky arrived at the White House for a meeting with US President Donald Trump. During the conversation in the presence of journalists, an argument broke out between them, during which Trump pointed out Zelensky's disrespectful attitude towards the United States, and US Vice President JD Vance emphasized Zelensky's ungratefulness to Washington for the support provided to Kiev. The press conference following their meeting was canceled, and the signing of a US-Ukraine mineral deal did not take place. Trump later posted a statement on his Truth Social page emphasizing that Zelensky was disrespectful and unprepared for a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian conflict.

On March 3, US President Donald Trump blasted out Vladimir Zelensky’s words that the conflict in Ukraine is still a long way from being over. He warned that the US will no longer put up with it. On the same day, Trump said, clearly referring to Zelensky, that the opponent of peace in Ukraine won’t be there for long and expressed confidence in Russia’s desire to resolve the conflict. The White House then said that Washington had suspended military aid to Kiev.