Last week, America issued a National Security Strategy with some scathing words about its Nato allies in Europe. Europe, the strategy document claimed, is at risk of civilisational erasure. Donald Trump’s often sounded negative about the alliance and its European members. Here he is talking to Politico earlier this week.

The Nebraska Republican criticized the president for "trashing Europe" while favoring Russia in comments to NBC News.

Two women from different nations, Melania Trump and Olena Zelenska, champion the fight against Russia's billion-dollar plot targeting Ukrainian children.

KYIV, Ukraine -- KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “hasn’t read” a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

The comments come as Ukraine's president is set to meet U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other European leaders in London.

Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal: US President Donald Trump's comments come after hours-long diplomatic discussions between the US, European, and NATO leaders and Zelenskyy in Berlin to negotiate a peace deal.

Zelensky has responded to the mounting pressure, reiterating that Ukraine will not concede land to its “aggressor.”

European officials are growing concerned that an emerging US-brokered peace deal in Ukraine could be exploited by Russia, paving the way for a re-invasion of territory in the war-battered nation’s eastern Donbas region.

President Trump said in an interview Monday that Ukraine should hold new elections despite its ongoing war with Russia — prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to declare he’s “ready” for them to begin when voters can be safe.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday demanded that the Trump administration explain why a Venezuelan oil tanker was seized by U.S. forces. “I really hope that the United States, although they consider themselves entitled to conduct such operations,

Trump expressed no regret nor offered an apology for comments about the late Rob Reiner, which even some Republican supporters have since denounced.

Experts say that Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.