A crowd gathered at the Ellipse in Washington D.C. to protest the Trump Administration's recent policy of distancing support from Ukraine.
Could support for Ukraine have survived the bitter and increasingly polarized politics of Washington? Even some Republicans supportive of Ukraine said Zelensky misread the politics, as he talked back to Vance by questioning the credibility of any promises by Russia.
The seismic shift of the past fortnight is hard to digest. Hopes are high that a summit in Riyadh may help heal the Kyiv-Washington relationship and shed light on Trump’s vision for peace.
France is offering intelligence to Ukraine, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Thursday, a day after Washington said it was suspending intelligence sharing with Kyiv, an effort to step up pressure on Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
The U.S. has paused its intelligence sharing with Ukraine, cutting off the flow of vital information that has helped Kyiv defend against Russian invaders.
European leaders agreed to surge defense spending and voiced near-unanimous support for Ukraine at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, as the continent attempts once again to grasp control of negotiations over the war in Ukraine.
Even though President Donald Trump threatened Russia with sanctions, he claimed President Vladamir Putin is more "generous" when it comes to ending the war.