Trump guidelines out US floor troops in Ukraine, says Europe to ‘entrance load’ safety
Donald Trump has dominated out the deployment of American troops in Ukraine in his first interview since yesterday’s White Home assembly with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders.
“You’ve gotten my assurance, and I’m president,” Trump informed Fox Information talkshow Fox & Buddies in a telephone interview on Tuesday, when pressed on whether or not US forces may very well be despatched to defend towards one other Russian incursion.
The US president reiterated that Ukraine wouldn’t be admitted into Nato beneath his watch, however stated that Kyiv would nonetheless obtain safety ensures. These, he steered, European allies would “entrance load”. Trump stated France, Germany and the UK had been among the many nations contemplating sending their very own troops to bolster Ukraine’s defences.
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EU to unveil new Russia sanctions bundle subsequent month
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Trump guidelines out US floor troops in Ukraine, says Europe to ‘entrance load’ safety
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Ukraine must be open to debate territorial adjustments, not be a part of Nato, Slovak PM says
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Nato navy leaders to debate Ukraine on Wednesday
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EU united in assist for Ukraine, dedicated to place stress on Russia, Costa says
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Navy planners to satisfy in US to debate safety ensures for Ukraine, UK says
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‘Takes two to tango,’ Trump says as he discusses Putin-Zelenskyy talks
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Trump seems to trace at chance of US air safety ensures for Ukraine
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Putin will face ‘tough scenario’ if he does not transfer on Ukraine, Trump says
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Trump hopes Putin strikes on Ukraine, however says attainable he will not
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European Council debrief after White Home talks beneath manner
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Geneva emerges as potential location for Putin-Zelenskyy summit
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‘Dynamics have accelerated,’ Poland’s defence minister says as ‘Coalition of the Prepared’ name will get beneath manner
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‘Stress on Russia should enhance,’ Swedish PM says forward of debrief calls
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European political group leaders obtained briefed on final night time’s talks
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Ukraine and allies ‘already engaged on safety ensures,’ Zelenskyy says
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Trilateral assembly with Trump, Zelenskyy, Putin ‘can convey breakthrough on path to peace,’ Ukraine’s international minister says
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‘Coalition of the Prepared’ debriefs after White Home talks
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‘Putin doesn’t need peace,’ Ukrainian mayor says after one other night time of assaults
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Zelenskyy’s new outfit was not a response to troublesome first White Home go to, says designer
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Russian assault on Ukraine exhibits Putin does not need peace, says mayor
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Starmer says ‘actual progress’ made at Trump summit
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EU to unveil new Russia sanctions bundle subsequent month
EU international coverage chief Kaja Kallas has stated the EU would proceed focusing on Russia’s warfare economic system and that the subsequent sanctions bundle towards Moscow ought to be prepared by subsequent month.
She was talking after a digital European Council summit of concerning the warfare in Ukraine, a day after an extraordinary assembly of Ukrainian and several other EU leaders with U.S. president Donald Trump in Washington.
Kallas stated “unity amongst EU leaders in at present’s digital summit was palpable” and that she had positioned the subjects of Ukraine safety and Russia sanctions on the high of the agenda for talks subsequent week amongst EU international and defence ministers.
“[Vladimir] Putin can’t be trusted to honour any promise or dedication. Due to this fact, safety ensures should be robust and credible sufficient to discourage Russia from re-grouping and re-attacking,” Kallas stated in a publish on X.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has given Donald Trump a golf membership belonging to a wounded serviceman throughout his go to to Washington this week, Kyiv stated on Tuesday.
Trump, an avid golfer who owns a number of programs, accepted the reward and introduced Zelenskyy with symbolic keys to the White Home in return, the Ukrainian chief’s workplace stated.
The nice and cozy change marks a turnaround from February, when Zelenskyy left the White Home early after a televised shouting match with Trump and US vice-president JD Vance. Since then, Zelenskyy has sought to restore ties, praising Trump’s efforts to safe peace.
“The president of Ukraine introduced the president of the US with a golf membership,” Zelenskyy’s workplace stated. The membership belonged to Kostiantyn Kartavtsev, a soldier who “had misplaced a leg within the first months of Russia’s full-scale invasion whereas saving his brothers-in-arms”, it added. Zelenskyy additionally confirmed Trump a video of Kartavtsev.
In a while Tuesday, Ukrainian veteran organisation United by Golf printed a video of Trump holding the membership and thanking Kartavtsev. “I simply watched your swing. I do know quite a bit about golf and your swing is nice,” Trump stated. “You’re a tremendous particular person, and also you simply preserve taking part in golf and doing the entire different issues. Your nation is a good nation. We’re attempting to convey it again to well being.”
Zelenskyy additionally introduced a letter for Melania Trump from his spouse, Olena, thanking the US first girl for writing to Vladimir Putin and urging him to avoid wasting kids’s lives.
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The EU has dropped its requires a “ceasefire” in Ukraine and is as a substitute demanding that Russia “cease the killing”, in a semantic shift that goals to seize the ear of US President Donald Trump, in keeping with AFP.
European Fee spokesperson Arianna Podestà informed reporters: “The message for us is: cease the killing. Something that stops the killing is welcome.”
Her remarks echoed EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, who stood alongside Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Brussels on Sunday. “The impact should be cease the killing,” she stated. “That’s an important half. Whether or not we name it a ceasefire or a peace deal, cease the killing.”
European sources stated Trump now disliked the time period “ceasefire”, and the intention was to keep away from antagonising the US president on a matter of kind as high-stakes negotiations on Ukraine and European safety had been beneath manner.
But on the White Home summit on Monday, European leaders made clear their fundamental calls for had not modified.
“I can’t think about that the subsequent assembly would happen with out a ceasefire, so let’s work on that and let’s attempt to put stress on Russia,” stated German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
French President Emmanuel Macron summed it up by saying that “a truce, a ceasefire or not less than, to cease the killings” was “a necessity”.
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Turkish international minister Hakan Fidan and US secretary of state Marco Rubio mentioned potential steps to finish the Ukraine warfare in a telephone name on Tuesday, a Turkish international ministry supply stated.
The supply stated the 2 additionally mentioned the outcomes of talks between the U.S. and Russian presidents in Alaska and a gathering in Washington involving European leaders, Ukraine and the US, in keeping with Reuters.
Fidan and Rubio additionally mentioned ceasefire efforts in Gaza and the newest scenario in Syria, the supply stated, including Fidan had known as for an instantaneous truce in Gaza and unhindered entry of humanitarian help.
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Trump guidelines out US floor troops in Ukraine, says Europe to ‘entrance load’ safety
Donald Trump has dominated out the deployment of American troops in Ukraine in his first interview since yesterday’s White Home assembly with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders.
“You’ve gotten my assurance, and I’m president,” Trump informed Fox Information talkshow Fox & Buddies in a telephone interview on Tuesday, when pressed on whether or not US forces may very well be despatched to defend towards one other Russian incursion.
The US president reiterated that Ukraine wouldn’t be admitted into Nato beneath his watch, however stated that Kyiv would nonetheless obtain safety ensures. These, he steered, European allies would “entrance load”. Trump stated France, Germany and the UK had been among the many nations contemplating sending their very own troops to bolster Ukraine’s defences.
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Vladimir Putin steered holding a attainable assembly with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, aimed toward ending the warfare in Ukraine, in Moscow, in keeping with two sources conversant in a telephone name between US president Donald Trump and Putin.
“Putin talked about Moscow” throughout their name on Monday, one of many sources informed AFP, including that Zelensky had stated “no” in response.
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What safety ensures may Ukraine get in return for a peace deal?
As western leaders meet, 4 key questions stay concerning the steps they may take to forestall any future Russian aggression:
What safety ensures may Ukraine get?
How may the US contribute?
What does Russia say?
What does historical past inform us?
Guardian international correspondent Luke Harding breaks down every one on this explainer:
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I’m handing the weblog over to Matthew Pearce, who will information you thru the late afternoon in Europe.
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Ukraine must be open to debate territorial adjustments, not be a part of Nato, Slovak PM says
Slovak prime minister Robert Fico, who repeatedly clashed with Ukraine up to now and sought to dam or delay some EU sanctions on Russia, additionally spoke in the previous few minutes.
In a three-minute video posted on his social media channels, recorded after his participation within the European Council assembly on Ukraine, he insisted that “the primary fundamental prerequisite for ending the battle is the understanding that Ukraine can’t grow to be a member state of Nato.”
He famous that he expressed this view earlier than, and confronted heavy criticism.
He additionally stated:
“Equally necessary is the factual understanding that with out a dialogue about territorial adjustments in Ukraine, no progress may be made,” he stated.
He added that he was dissatisfied that the EU “needed to look forward to Donald Trump to indicate us the trail in the direction of peace,” praising the US president’s initiative as “monumental private success.”
Fico additionally rejected the suggestion that EU nations might participate in shopping for €100bn-worth of navy tools for Ukraine, saying it sounded “like a nasty joke.”
He stated he couldn’t think about a siutation through which Slovakia spends cash on US weapons to ship them to Ukraine at no cost.
Unsuprisingly, he’s additionally “sceptical” concerning the concept of additional sanctions towards Russia.
However he stated he hoped for peace “as quickly as attainable” and was able to assist Ukraine’s ambitions to affix the European Union as a substitute.
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Nato navy leaders to debate Ukraine on Wednesday
We’re simply getting a line from Reuters that a gathering between Nato navy leaders on Ukraine is provisionally anticipated to happen tomorrow.
We’ll convey you a affirmation as soon as we’ve it.
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EU united in assist for Ukraine, dedicated to place stress on Russia, Costa says
European Council president António Costa informed Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the EU was united in its “unwavering assist for Ukraine” when the pair spoke on the telephone this afternoon.
The previous Portuguese prime minister added the bloc was additionally dedicated to sustaining stress on Russia to get it to debate and conform to ending the warfare in Ukraine.
“Our high priorities are to cease the killing, advance the change of prisoners, and safe the return of the hundreds of kids kidnapped by Russia,” he stated.
He added:
“We will work along with the US on concrete and important safety ensures. Along with President Zelenskyy and the US, we’ll put together the subsequent steps to realize a simply and lasting peace.
We should proceed to assist the Ukrainian individuals and transfer ahead with the enlargement course of. Ukraine’s future additionally lies within the prosperity and stability that EU membership can present.”
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Navy planners to satisfy in US to debate safety ensures for Ukraine, UK says
The UK prime minister’s workplace has simply launched a brief assertion after the assembly of the Coalition of the Prepared on Ukraine, co-chaired by Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron.
It appears like the main target was on planning the subsequent steps on safety ensures and potential sanctions to push Putin’s Russia even additional.
The assertion stated the collaborating nations agreed on a gathering of planning groups with their US counterparts “within the coming days to additional strengthen plans to ship sturdy safety ensures and put together for the deployment of a reassurance pressure if the hostilities ended.”
The leaders additionally talked about “how additional stress – together with by way of sanctions – may very well be positioned on Putin till he confirmed he was able to take critical motion to finish his unlawful invasion.”
The coalition gathered over 30 worldwide leaders, No10 stated.
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