European leaders flocked to support a peace deal for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who suffered another tough talk embarrassment responding to resignation calls.
After bellying up to the bar Friday to add to the United States tab funding his fight against Russia, Zelenskyy was symbolically cutoff and quite literally kicked out for his behavior in the White House. As he navigated calls for his ousting for failing to abide by the expectations of his government, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron led peers in Europe in proposing a framework for peace that looked like another win for the United States.
Gathering in London for a summit Sunday, the leaders had agreed that securing peace with Russian President Vladimir Putin required continued aid to Ukraine along with economic pressures on Russia, keeping Ukraine at the table for any negotiations on peace that maintained sovereignty and security in addition to the ongoing arming of Ukraine to deter future invasions.
“Every nation must contribute to that in the best way that it can, bringing different capabilities and support to the table, but all taking responsibility to act, all stepping up their own share of the burden,” expressed Starmer after President Donald Trump had maintained his position that fellow western nations needed to pull their weight.
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— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) March 2, 2025
Along with Macron, Starmer and Zelenskyy, leaders at the summit represented: The Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Spain and Turkey as well as Canada, NATO, the European Commission and European Council.
“Not every nation will feel able to contribute but that can’t mean that we sit back,” asserted the U.K. prime minister who’d offered a new loan of over $2 billion to Ukraine. “Instead, those willing will intensify planning now with real urgency. The U.K. is prepared to back this with boots on the ground and planes in the air, together with others.”
Meanwhile, as Macron had suggested a “truce in the air, on the seas and energy infrastructures” for at least a month, something Zelenskyy had bucked during his White House stunt seeking security guarantees, the Ukrainian president was dealing with calls for impeachment from within his own government as well as a once ardent advocate, South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham (R), calling for his resignation with many others.
Responding to the senator’s suggestion that he step down or send someone actually willing to sign already negotiated deals, Zelenskyy had responded with snark, “I can give him the citizenship of Ukraine.”
“He will become a citizen of our country, and then his voice will gain weight. And I will hear him as a citizen of Ukraine on the topic of who must be the president,” he added.
Clapping back, Graham brought up how an election that was supposed to be held in early 2024 had been indefinitely postponed as he posted to X, “Unfortunately, until there is an election, no one has a voice in Ukraine.”
Unfortunately, until there is an election, no one has a voice in Ukraine. https://t.co/kLuVlRiRqw
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) March 2, 2025
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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