No place at the negotiating table. Hard pressure to gear up. And a new administration in the USA that invites Russia to talks and puts old truths to the test. European leaders gather for a crisis meeting to regain their foothold in the great political storm.
WorldRussia is sending Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to negotiations with the USA. There, they will plan for a top-level meeting between Trump and Putin. After three years of war of aggression in Ukraine, Russia claims that it is European countries that want the war to continue.
WorldThe Munich Security Conference implied a kind of "European nightmare", according to its outgoing chairman Christoph Heusgen – who broke down during the closing speech.
WorldDonald Trump's USA is threatening to take over territories, severing ties to UN agencies, shutting out negotiating partners and intimidating with punitive tariffs. Much suggests that we are heading into a new, transactional world order where the strong have advantages.
World politicsDo more yourself, is the message being intensely drummed in from the USA about security in Europe. And Nato is trying - among other things on a beach in central Greece.
WorldEurope will not be sitting at the negotiating table in the planned peace talks between the USA, Russia, and Ukraine, according to the USA's special Ukraine envoy. Sweden's government expresses concern and criticizes the message.
ConflictsMuch indicates that the USA will reduce its military presence in Europe, according to Defense Minister Pål Jonson. Europe must prepare itself for a time when it takes a significantly greater responsibility for its own security, he says.
WorldEurope needs a common defense, believes the war-torn Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj. He also gives a kick to Nato, whose decisions he thinks are being blocked by the Russian President Vladimir Putin at present.
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