Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s foreign minister, picks up earlier suggestion of truce saying it would show if Putin were willing to start negotiations in earnestKeir Starmer says Europe ‘at crossroads in history’ and must support UkraineOur First Edition newsletter today features my colleague Archie Bland summing up the developments over the weekend since the contentious meeting in the White House between Donald Trump, JD Vance and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Here is an excerpt:If the White House has sought to villainise Zelenskyy’s behaviour in the Oval Office meeting and continue to present him as an unpopular leader whose people want him out of office, reporting from Ukraine tells a very different story. In this piece from the city of Odesa, Luke Harding hears from ordinary Ukrainians dismayed by the White House’s warmth towards the Kremlin, and who insist their president remains the right man for the job.Sign up for the First Edition newsletter: our free daily news email Continue reading…
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Author : Martin Belam
Publish date : 2025-03-03 07:41:00
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Europe live: month’s truce in Ukraine would show if Putin was acting in good faith, says French minister
