
The Photo Ops Are Good, but Europe Remains on the Back Foot on Ukraine
Merz has given weight to the impression that Zelensky only visits Europe to relay what decisions have been made by Trump.

Merz has given weight to the impression that Zelensky only visits Europe to relay what decisions have been made by Trump.

Talks with Washington remain stuck over territory and the use of frozen Russian assets, leaving Europe and the U.S. far from a common position.

“We cannot leave Ukraine and Volodymyr alone with these guys,” Finland’s President Alexander Stubb said during the call, referring to U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Putin told the Turkish president that the U.S. proposal could “in principle serve as a basis for a final peace settlement.”

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The talks will focus on security guarantees for Ukraine, an unnamed source told AFP.

Apart from France and the UK, however, no major European country is keen on putting boots on the ground, as the U.S. requested.

Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen will host the Ukrainian president in Brussels and travel with him to Washington.

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