Trump, Ukraine and Europe
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President Donald Trump has long worked to bring peace to Ukraine, but his recent major policy adjustments in response to
Putin’s refusal to compromise on Ukraine, say analysts, is a colossal error costing Russia regional influence, lucrative energy markets and its place in the world.
Former Ukraine aid critics now back Trump's strategy requiring European funding for weapons to Kyiv after the president pivoted his frustration from Zelenskyy to Putin.
President Trump’s recent commitment to provide more aid to Ukraine could increase pressure on Russia to negotiate an end to the war.
Donald Trump’s plan to allow the European Union pay for arms supplied to Ukraine is piling pressure on EU officials negotiating how to finance the bloc’s defense-spending ambitions.
Trump’s decision to allow weapon sales to Ukraine culminated a five-month effort by allies to help Volodymyr Zelensky rebuild a relationship with the president.
The United States was moving to get weapons to Ukraine quickly under President Donald Trump's plan for Europe to buy arms, and was weighing selling Patriot air defence systems from its own stocks, Washington's envoy to NATO said Thursday.