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Europe's leaders back Trump call for frontline freeze but Russia says no
European leaders have joined Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in insisting that any talks on ending the war in Ukraine should start with freezing the current front line, and warned that Russia is not serious about peace.

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Europe Leaders Back Immediate Freeze of Battle Lines in Ukraine
European Leaders Issue Statement Backing Trump's Ukraine Ceasefire Position
European leaders issue statement backing Trump's Ukraine ceasefire position
Leaders of European nations, including Britain, France, Germany, Ukraine, and the European Union on Tuesday issued a joint statement setting out support for Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump's e...

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Trump and Putin’s peace demands to Ukraine would set up another war that Russia would win
Trump tells Ukraine: Accept Putin’s demands ‘or be destroyed’
How Trump-Zelensky meeting turned acrimonious over demands for territorial concessions
Trump shrugged off the apparent reversal on Monday. “I never said they would win it. I said they could win,” he said of Ukraine at the White House, where he was meeting the prime minister of Australia...

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Trump: ‘Never discussed’ Zelensky ceding region to Putin
Is Trump's Ukraine Deal Dead on Arrival? Kremlin Says 'Russia's Stance Doesn't Change' and Demands Donetsk Surrender

Senior German General Says Europe Must Do All It Can to Help Ukraine

European democracy and rule of law are at risk, the general says, so Europe must give Ukraine whatever it can to pressure Moscow, even if Trump does not.

Russia and Ukraine Are No Closer to Cease-Fire After Trump’s Pressure on Zelensky

U.S. president wants a swift end to the conflict, but both sides are digging in over the region in Ukraine’s east.

Amid possible Trump-Putin summit, US and Europe push for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, Russia sticks to preconditions

After speaking with Putin on October 16, Trump indicated that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would meet this week in preparation for a possible summit in Budapest within two weeks.

On Ukraine and Russia, Lots of Talk but Little Has Changed

A contentious meeting between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine produced no obvious progress toward a cease-fire.

Ukraine and EU leaders accuse Putin of stalling and reject land concessions for peace

Ukraine’s president and European leaders are accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of stalling on peace efforts in Ukraine.

Exclusive: Russia reiterated previous Ukraine peace terms to US in private communique, sources say

Russia reiterated its previous terms for reaching a peace deal with Ukraine in a private communique sent to the U.S. over the weekend known as a "non paper," two U.S. officials said.
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Europe Must Do More to Reduce Its Dependence on Russian Energy

More than three and a half years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe is still grappling with its energy security by diversifying its oil and gas imports away from Moscow and toward other markets.
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Europe backs Trump's Ukraine peace push as Kremlin hedges on summit

European leaders Tuesday threw their support behind President Donald Trump's peace push for Ukraine, while reaffirming their red lines, as the Kremlin cast doubt on chances of an imminent summit between the US leader and Vladimir Putin.
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