“In the course of a week, Zelensky rebuffed President Trump’s treasury secretary, his secretary of state and his vice president, all before moving on to personally insulting President Trump in the press,” one official said.
Ukraine have however been having talks with less senior US officials - led by Trump's war hero envoy General Keith Kellogg - to seek a mineral deal that could be a key part of peace talks.
Meanwhile, Trump's Ukraine peace envoy, war hero Keith Kellogg, broke ranks to publicly back Zelensky.
The decorated military veteran, dubbed Trump's 'Special K', met with hours after Zelensky slammed Trump for living in a "Russian disinformation bubble".
ZELENSKY is refusing to sign Donald Trump's deal on the Ukraine war in the latest twist in the bitter feud between the two leaders, sources have said.