Zelenskyy leaves White House early after shouting match with Trump

Joint news conference canceled, and no minerals deal signed

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House's Oval Office on Feb. 28. © Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with Donald Trump ended in disaster on Friday, after the two leaders clashed in an extraordinary exchange before the world's media at the White House over the war with Russia.

Zelenskyy had seen the meeting in the Oval Office as an opportunity to convince the United States not to side with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who ordered the invasion of Ukraine three years ago.

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