‘Very unwise’: Nigel Farage suggests Zelenskyy was ‘rude’ in White House meeting
Nigel Farage has suggested Volodymyr Zelenskyy was “rude” and “very unwise” in his approach to his now-infamous meeting with Donald Trump in the White House. The meeting between Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart was convened so the two leaders could discuss the raw materials deal and the US administration’s attempts to end the war in […]
Mandelson rebuked after saying Zelenskyy must give ‘unequivocal backing’ to Trump peace plan
Lord Mandelson has been rebuked after saying Ukraine should be the first side to “commit to a ceasefire” in its war with Russia, as he called on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to back Donald Trump’s minerals deal. The UK ambassador to the US said Zelenskyy needs to “get back on the same page” with Trump after he […]
How the Trump-Zelenskyy debacle unravelled — and where it leaves Starmer
Donald Trump’s performance, together with that of vice president Vance and his White House media coterie, had all the qualities of an ambush. Volodymyr Zelenksyy arrived, like Keir Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron before him, with Trump hovering in the West Wing entrance. The US president immediately drew attention to his Ukrainian counterpart’s simple, […]
Kemi Badenoch: UK must be willing to ‘disengage’ from international bodies
The government must be willing to “disengage” from international bodies if they are overtaken by “activists” or autocratic regimes like China or Russia, Kemi Badenoch will say in a foreign policy speech on Tuesday. In what is a significant hint the Conservatives could advocate leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) under her leadership, […]
Donald Trump’s demand for Ukraine minerals is ‘reasonable’, says Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson has claimed that Ukraine and the United States are “very close” to agreeing a deal that would give the US revenues from Ukrainian natural resources as a form of compensation for its military aid. In recent days, the White House has been pressuring Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, to sign a $500 billion deal […]
Fresh sanctions on Russian elites will ‘bolster UK national security’
The UK is to unleash a fresh wave of sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s Russia as the Home Office announces a travel ban on oligarchs linked with the Kremlin. It comes on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which has led to tens of thousands of deaths. Home Office minister Dan Jarvis has said […]
From Starmer to Farage: what responses to Trump’s attack on Zelenskyy reveal
Donald Trump’s evisceration of diplomatic consensus and disdain for multilateral action is remaking the world order at a pace spectator governments, most of all those in Europe, are struggling to comprehend. Every social media tirade, standard diplomatic procedure dictates, should justify some new summit so agreed action can be considered and implemented. Earlier this week, […]
Starmer backs Zelenskyy as Ukraine’s ‘democratically elected leader’ after Trump attack
Keir Starmer has rejected Donald Trump’s characterisation of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “dictator”. The UK prime minister dismissed the claim by the US president in a call with his Ukrainian counterpart on Wednesday evening. According to a Downing Street readout of that conversation, Starmer told Zelenskyy it was “perfectly reasonable to suspend elections […]
Ex-defence secretary Ben Wallace says Trump parroting Russian ‘propaganda lines’
Ben Wallace has accused US president Donald Trump of echoing “propaganda lines” from the Kremlin. The former defence secretary’s comments came after Trump appeared to blame Ukraine for starting war against Russia. In a press conference on Tuesday, the US president criticised Kyiv’s negotiation skills and suggested the war in Ukraine could have been “settled […]
MPs would get vote on deployment of British troops in Ukraine, minister suggests
MPs would get a vote before British troops were sent to Ukraine “if circumstances allow”, a cabinet minister has indicated. The prime minister has declared he is prepared to put “our own troops on the ground if necessary” in Ukraine if there is a deal to end the war with Russia. Ahead of an “emergency […]
