The US president’s comments suggest he is growing frustrated with his inability to strike a quick peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war,which he promised in the election campaign.
Speaking in Paris at the so-called Coalition of the Willing summit,British Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused Vladimir Putin of “playing games and playing for time”.
Europe and Britain will have to foot the bill for rebuilding what remains of the besieged nation,while the US scoops up its chief means of economic recovery.
Families of those who lost their lives over Ukraine 10 years ago want US President Donald Trump to ensure responsibility for the atrocity is included in any peace deal with Russia.
Even a missile destroying his apartment and a concussion have not stopped Serhii Kovalov moving mountains to give Ukrainian troops what they like.
With a deal to access Ukraine’s critical minerals now on the backburner,the US president said American ownership of the country’s power plants would offer “the best protection”.
The Russian president may have already broken the promise he made during a two-hour phone call with his US counterpart overnight.
The US president cast himself as the Putin-whisperer – the only guy who “gets” the Russian leader. But now,the situation risks seriously embarrassing Trump.
Telegram videos from an account linked to the Russian military show drone attacks on the R200 highway.
A temporary ceasefire is on the table,but both sides seem unwilling to make large concessions and have red lines that they insist cannot be crossed. Here is what’s at stake.