U.S. Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump's negotiations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday, and said that an end to Russia-Ukraine conflict was near.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw said European leaders need to have a "much stronger message" toward Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine.
In a recent interview with The Economist, Friedrich Merz, who is likely soon to be chancellor of Germany, said that there would be no return to Russian gas “for the time being”, but conspicuously failed to rule out the possibility.
Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Defence Secretary John Healey added that the West had done too little in the past when Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014. In an article for The Telegraph, they said the UK had committed an additional £150m towards military aid for Ukraine as well as new sanctions on people close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It's been a brutal and historic week for the European Union as U.S. President Donald Trump blows up the transatlantic alliance and signals he's ready to reset relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Ukrainian president and US vice-president reiterate their hopes for enduring peace in the Ukraine war while meeting in Munich.
President Donald Trump’s announcement of upcoming talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine unleashed a torrent of alarmist reactions, some borderline hysterical, from the usual hawkish quarters in Europe and America.
The call comes as António Costa and other senior European leaders prepare to meet in Paris to discuss their response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to begin talks to end the almost three-year war with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
This week, we examine how a phone call between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has raised concerns among European nations.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) expressed concern that Russian President Vladimir Putin and other authoritarian leaders will be emboldened by the United States' shift on the Ukraine-Russia war under the Trump administration.
She also predicted that Vladimir Putin will become 'lord of the world', with Europe turning into a 'wasteland'.