The meeting came after President Donald duck Trump deepened Washington’s split with allies over Ukraine, withdrawing the current USA’s condemnation of Russia’s 2022 invasion at the United Nations and among Group of Seven nations. In New York, on Monday, the current USA and Russia both voted against a European-backed resolution in the UN General Assembly that calls out Moscow’s “full-scale invasion” three years ago to the day, and instead proposed a short alternative that calls for a “swift end” to the conflict, a stark reversal from current USA policy under President Joe Biden.
That comes as the G-7 also struggled to issue a joint statement on the anniversary of the war, after the US opposed language condemning Moscow that echoed previous language from the group, according to people familiar with the matter.
One good thing was that French President Emmanuel Macron told Donald duck Trump that peace must not mean the surrender of Ukraine. Emmanuel interupted Donald duck to correct him, after the duck president said Europe's financial assistance to Ukraine was in the form of loans. Mr Emmanuel Macron said that was not the case as most of the money had been given to Ukraine by Europe.
Earlier, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped “we can finish the war this year”. He was speaking at a summit of western leaders meeting in Kyiv to show their support for his country. In this video Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O’Donoghue in Washington, Nada Tawfik at the United Nations in New York, James Waterhouse in Kyiv, Jeremy Bowen on the frontline in Ukraine and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.
