Tag: Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Trump is not just blinking again; he is continuing his disastrous Ukraine policy.

After the Washington summit, there are more questions than answers.

The big and strong can do as they wish. The world will have to live with the consequences.

Zelenskyy and his allies expressed their demands clearly to Trump, but couched them in all sorts of praise and gratitude.

[T]here were no signs of any flag of peace in Alaska, just the prolonging of a tragic, fruitless war.

The European leaders who gathered Monday at the White House alongside Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy left with vague promises of U.S. support but no guarantees of a breakthrough to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

“No deal was signed, but Ukraine wasn’t sold either.” That is roughly how global media described the recent meeting between Trump and Putin.

In Washington, European leaders helped steer the U.S. president away from his embrace of Vladimir Putin’s talking points. But for how long?

This is a crucial moment, if the Alaska trap is to be turned into an opportunity.

Any deal made in Ukraine’s absence will carry no legitimacy. On a matter also fundamental to its own security, Europe must assert itself.

If we, as Europe, have any influence over Trump, it is small.