France, Germany and Poland all make prompt declarations of support as Europe fears Trump’s alignment with Putin.

In the US, Republican lawmakers express support for Trump's actions, while Democrats say his stance will benefit Russia

European leaders have pledged to stand by Ukraine in the wake of the contentious Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Trump’s verbal assault on Zelenskyy, which came days after a dozen European leaders travelled to Ukraine to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country, blew away any lingering hopes that they could convince the American president to rethink his approach to a rapid peace deal.

During an Oval Office meeting with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Thursday, President Trump appeared to forget some of his recent controversial remarks, including calling Zelenskyy a “dictator” and claiming the EU was designed to "screw the US" on trade.

European Council President António Costa has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the EU leaders' summit on 6 March, which will be dedicated to European defence and Ukraine. Source: Costa in an invitation letter to the summit participants,

The European Union is getting good at adapting to unprecedented circumstances. Over the last five years, the 27 member countries have pulled together to fund the purchase of tens of millions of vaccines and devised a massive recovery fund to resuscitate economies ravaged by the pandemic.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for an immediate US-EU summit, and said that Rome will be proposing this to all its partners in the coming hours. “Every divisio

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received an invitation from European Council President António Costa to attend the special European Union summit set for March 6.