Well, Britain is preparing to host European leaders at a summit aiming to find a common position on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine. Ahead of that meeting shi Sunak met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyky and pledged to send military aid, overshadowed by a bruising encounter between Zelenskyand Donald Trump, which prompted ex-House members to support Ukraine from almost all Europeananan European. Dos. Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel. feel. few.
We’re trying to solve it. hem. I do. Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel. to feel. feel. I’m not telling you because you’re in no position to dictate. Yinan position. It was an unprecedented alliance between allies; US president Donald Trump and vice president JD Vance scolded Ukraine’s Zelenskyky in the Oval Office to litigate this in the media. Right now, med… Rig mediamedia area round and forcing conscripts to the front line. If you have plane. If and Trump threatened.
Ukraine threatens/threatened not todo a peace deal with Russia. Its latest sign is that American foreign policy is changing. It is showing signs of moving away from its long-standing alliance with Europe’s democracies and toward Russia. Now, Europeans are nervous about Ukraine as an integral part of Europe that needs to be defended. Volodymyr Zelenskyyeceived a warm welcome. The prime minister made a promise.
You will come here in Downing Street um and, uh, you know the cheers on the street outside um you have full backing across the United Kingdom um and we stand with you with Ukraine for as long as it takes. takes an essential view of European security in WWII. wl… errs, it has leadersnd dishrack unitary safeguards to any peace agreement between Moscone. Our. Our horror today is greater than before but also our commitment to people.
People of Ukraine are people of Ukraine who have safety for peace in Europe. Sara of nefariousness…gone…gone… Various occasions defended the international order and the power of law against the power of the strong. Moreover, leaders are now faced with an unprecedented situation and are also developing the necessary weapons system for Europe to achieve true independence. They demand a level of political will that the EU has often
found it it it challenging to attain f. Lenore. Let’s speak to Marihett. She’s a plannerhe Euro Polycyclic Center focusing on defense security and and and foreign affairsg us from YC in Uh, good to see you. This summit is aimed at showing unity on the Ukraine crisis. Is Europe united and strong enough only to sustain its support for Kyiv at you? Point but to grow its support? The Europeroperope meetingtingting is aimed at showing unity on the Ukraine crisis. Is Europe united and strong enough, uh,,, is aimed united, owing Unity on the Ukraine crisis Is Europe united and strong enough??? Uh,,, not entirely united, but it’s getting there. In my view, Europe inhere. In my view, Europe is coming to a consensus about the increasing role that it has to playing to a consensus about the increasing role that it has to play in
Britain hosts summit to end war in Ukraine
European leaders gather in London to strengthen support
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Britain is hosting a summit of European leaders to shore up is to unite a united front and likely, age-wise-wise-wise, age towards Trump and as as Canada. Norway is Russia, sothey are trying hard to provide a result-orientede at includes sanctions sanctions, confiscation and more.
We needed to project it accordingly, Maria. IfSin Sin Sin goes back to theWhite House, which most people say must happen at some point, whichEuropean officials will Mimi Aria? suggest taking the DoesDoesDoes EuEurope chaperoner, chaperone, or, accordingly, a piecethe White HHousee,, we start in Ukraine. Peace, Peacekrainene? e? I believe that unitedly, it gives Ukraine greater leverage and added value. That means you know, you know, that you know, that you know, that you bilaterally or laterally,terally or laterally, or Brits cannot reach out and meet Americans bilaterally, but you carry
more weight and this is important um now you know every different European country had something to offer we just saw France and Britain uh you know establish good conversation at these early stages of negotiations with Trump Poland is a very important country um but but so is Scandinavian countries and the Baltic states coming forward United Germany is absolutely key in fact Trump has a special eye for Germany why because he feels the United States was not treated fairly and this is big for Trump uh he wants in particular Western
Europe to step up because he feels been,f theyknow,beum,, you know, um, piggybacking s, on the United States so they all have to, yto, leverknow,and build on each other’s strengths in order to, uh, speak with to,e uh,ice aum,, um, and,ject thstrength.ngAn. An absolutely fascinating time, even, aMattis.Thanksso much yourinput; I appreciateyou. you. Right, right,right, more, morelet’s speak to Lex, who is a professor of political science at San Diego Stateiversity. A warm welcome to you. I like
European leaders gather in London to strengthen support
European leaders are set to meet today and discuss support for Ukraine. e.What do you expect to hear fromthem?mWell, they realize that we’re witnessing a major shift in global politic,that the discussion in the Oval Office was not just a spate of moments for thissummits,and that it signaled a major realignment of the United States away from Europe and, uh, no longer took for granted security guarantees, probably not just for Ukraine but for NATO as well, and so this is amoment for this. summit,
ItseemsTrump wants a peace deal no matter what the cost to Ukraineto Ukraine. Kyky is crystal clear that he wants security guarantees for Ukraine included in anydeal Where does this leavethe the U.S.-Ukrainiansatoment? If you analyze the developmentsthat ledto this latest dramatic confrontation, particularly the phone call between Trump and Vladimir Putin a couple of weeks ago, you’ll see that the United States has offered major concessions to Russia but put all the
pressure on Ukraine In other words, it is favoring a kind of partnership and condescending uh concessions to the strong but putting pressure on the weaker side. Inother words,me that
or theUS, can this be a turning point for European security?? Is Europe capable of stepping in to fill that gap left by the United SStates? Well, Europe has tremendous potential; it hassignificant already provided Ukraine with a lot ofassistance; it showed that it hassignificant significant capabilities; and of course, Europe
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Also,uh,h,dynamic,c, well-developedeconomies,s,uh,h, vibrant, democratic, and so on, sothere’s a lot going for Europe,but I tthink,uh,h, that this is the timeof,f,uh,h, urgency. This is the time when leaders and societies need to understand that weshould be invested in a creative, productiveway in increasing military capabilities in Europe and for that purpose,I hope the summit would discuss streamlining some regulations so that preparedness can be optimized,that it cannot,that it’s not
bogged down in bureaucracy and it also is not too fragmented for individual countries to avoid duplication and lessening of common effort. Mikel Alexv is a professor of political science at San Diego State University. It’s. It’s been great to have you on. Thankyou my pleasure. Thankyou. Well, the Kremlin is watching the European leaders meeting in London for the Russian perspective on what happened at the Oval Office. Let’s go to DW correspondent Sergey Satanovsky. He joinsus from Ria, from where he’s been operating since
Russian authorities closed down DW’s Moscow Bureau. Goodto see you,Sergey. What was buried in the chaos of that overalloffice blowup was when Trump said that he had spoken on numerous occasions to Vladimir Putin more than has been publicly reported. Do weknow much about these apparently multiple burnouts? outs? Well, IAA’s diplomats are very proud that,unlike,as they say,the US, they keep negotiations secret until they bring any real results so they don’t report and they didn’t report on any.
Zelenskyy: Europe cannot guarantee Ukraine’s security
phone calls apart from the one that took place almost three weeks ago but it doesn’t mean,of course, that talks didn’t take place and let me for example, quote DmitryPeskov,v, the Kremlinspokesperson who said just moments ago that the new US administration is rapidly changingforeign policy configurations,andthis largely coincides with our vision with the Kremlin vision,so I can only guess that it must have taken Putin more than just one phone callto convince Trump that
Russia’s military goals for example, in Ukraine or geopolitical goals in Ukraine,are legitimate. It’s a good time to be quiet,Mr.Pesov. Just about everyone’s takeaway from the Trump Vance and Zinsky blow-up was that Putin and Russia werethe only winners. Is that how that moment is now being framed in Russia?? Well, we look at different reactions in Russia; it seems like Russia was the only winner. For example, among Russian officials who commented on what happened at the White House onFriday,, everyone seems to
Be, uh, happy about this scene. For example, Russian Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said it was a complete political and diplomatic failure of KF and one thing that inspired her the most was Zansky. cused the Ukrainian counterpart of playing with,um, Worldrld War II,uh so she picked up on that and said,uh that Zelenskyyyy was a dangerous instigator of a big war and then former president Medvedevd that
slapping as he put it,Zinsky was useful but the US should also stop any military aid to Ukraine so the general mood,I would say, is that everybody is happy about the talks and wants the US to go even further in cutting ties with Ukraine during Friday’s meeting at the OvalOffice responding to a question from a journalist about whether Putin is interested in making a peace deal. Trump said he knows deals and he knows Putin. So we know where Putin stands on peace now?? Is he interested in peace?? Well, of course Putin would be.
