During Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Brussels, NATO leader Mark Rutte urged member states on Wednesday to ramp up their military backing of Kyiv to improve Ukraine's standing over the next month.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets NATO chief Mark Rutte and key European leaders in Brussels Wednesday to strategise over Russia's war ahead of Donald Trump's return to power in the United States.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the possibility of Donald Trump initiating an effort to end Russia’s war, but warned against pushing for a ceasefire agreement that could easily unravel.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will host Volodymyr Zelenskiy and several European leaders at his residence in Brussels on Wednesday evening to discuss how to support Ukraine ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
The Russian leader said the Kremlin is prepared to negotiate, but stressed it would not settle for a temporary ceasefire.
The meeting with Nato Chief Mark Rutte and other key European leaders comes a month before Trump reclaims the US presidency, amid fears that Trump could pull US support for Kyiv.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready and willing to meet with President-elect Trump if he “wants it” after four years without communication. “What can I offer to the President-elect
He already has an outsized influence over the calculations Moscow and Brussels make. But his determined – if detail-free – push for an end of the war in Ukraine is seen with skepticism on the other side of the Atlantic. This holds for Brussels as much as in Moscow.
COLUMN. After the US president-elect threatened to withdraw from NATO, Europe is still divided over its strategic autonomy and what kind of support they should give their own arms industry in the face of America's behemoths,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Nato chief Mark Rutte and key European leaders in Brussels on Wednesday to strategise over Russia’s war ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.