Srinivas Mazumdaru
Since returning to the White House over six weeks ago, President Donald Trump has rapidly and dramatically changed US positions on Russia's war in Ukraine, much to the chagrin of Kyiv and Washington's other European allies.
The stunning showdown between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Friday, US statements ruling out Ukraine's entry into the NATO military alliance and the pause of all US military aid to Kyiv this week, among other moves, have been viewed by many as part of Washington's attempts to cooperate with Moscow and put pressure on Kyiv to accept a ceasefire deal on Russia's terms.
European leaders are contemplating a united response — including increased support for Ukraine as well as measures to boost national militaries — in the face of Trump's actions that could put the entire post-1945 security architecture on the continent in jeopardy.
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