Can Europe secure peace in Ukraine without the US?
With relations between Washington and Kyiv in tatters, we examine what can realistically be achieved for Zelenskyy
Britain and France are trying, with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to develop a peace plan to end the fighting in his country, in the aftermath of his disastrous White House summit with Donald Trump.
However, the initiative announced by Keir Starmer on Sunday raises questions about whether peace is possible, and on what terms, in the face of continuing Russian hostility and uncertain US intentions.
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