There is only one story dominating the news this weekend following Volodymyr Zelensky’s disastrous meeting on Friday with the US President in the Oval office. After the Ukrainian president’s conversation with Donald Trump and JD Vance descended into a war of words, Zelensky’s trip to the White House was cut short and a planned minerals deal between the two countries went unsigned. Now the future of the Ukraine war has been thrown into doubt as talk grows that the US could halt all military help and a deal could be off the cards.
The hope will be that European leaders can come up with a united response
Since then, there has been a frantic effort by the UK government along with European allies to try to repair the damage and get the peace talks on track. Today Starmer will host a summit of European and Canadian leaders to discuss support for Ukraine.
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