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US Ambassador Dorothy Camille Shea votes in the UN Security Council, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US refuses to blame Russia for Ukraine war, splitting with European allies in UN votes

In a dramatic shift in transatlantic relations under President Donald Trump, the United States has split with its European allies by refusing to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in votes on three U.N. resolutions seeking an end to the three-year war.
 
President Donald Trump, right, listens as France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)

Trump expresses hope Russia’s war in Ukraine is nearing an endgame as he meets with France’s Macron

 
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew leads the official door-opening ceremony of lower Manhattan's St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Ecumenical Orthodox patriarch backs Ukraine’s sovereignty in Mass marking 3 years of war

 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions during his press conference, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Zelenskyy says progress made on reaching an agreement with the US on rare minerals deal

 
President Donald Trump arrives at the White House after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Trump’s Russian rapprochement, Mars musing and DOGE dividends. And is the gold gone? It’s Week 5

 

Trump says Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to visit US soon

U.S. President Donald Trump says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will soon come to the U.S. to sign a deal to give America access to Ukraine’s critical minerals. Trump says the meeting could happen this week or next week.
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President Donald Trump dances as he speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump revels in mass federal firings and jeers at Biden during address at CPAC

 
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump give a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Preparations are underway for a face-to-face meeting between Trump and Putin, Russia says

 
President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

After years of firm support, 10 days upended the US approach to Ukraine

 
U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg, right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

White House and Ukraine nearing rare earths deal that would tighten relationship, AP source says

 
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, third left, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, left, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, second right, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

US offers UN resolution on war in Ukraine that’s far short of rival European statement

 
Local youth skate with a large Canadian flag on the Rideau Canal to launch celebrations for the 60th Anniversary of the National Flag of Canada Day, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Frustrated by Trump’s threats, some Canadians canceling trips to the United States

 
U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg, right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

US envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump’s censure of the Ukrainian leader

 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., calls on a reporter, Feb. 19, 2025, after a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Democrats channel their outrage over DOGE, Ukraine and more in marathon Senate session

 
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to soldiers at the RAF base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, on Dec. 10, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool File)

European troops, US support are part of an emerging plan for Ukraine. But it faces many hurdles

 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, arrives for talks with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, at the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb.15, 2025. (Sven Hoppe/DPA via AP, Pool)

Trump’s attempts to denigrate Zelenskyy have led to a surge in Ukrainian unity

 
White House national security adviser Mike Waltz speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US official says Trump’s frustration with Zelenskyy is ‘multifold’ and blasts ‘insults’ from Ukraine

 
U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg, right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A news conference between Zelenskyy and Trump’s Ukraine envoy is canceled as tension rise

 
Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 25, 2022. The yearlong war in Ukraine has left tens of thousands of dead and wounded on both sides, disrupted energy and food supplies, and reduced whole cities to ruins. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Russia seems to have time on its side as the war in Ukraine reaches its third year

 
Police workers observe the body of a man killed after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Zelenskyy’s adviser says US gave up its lead role on resolving war in Ukraine, strengthening Russia

 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference in Kyiv, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Tetiana Dzhafarova/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump says Ukraine started the war that’s killing its citizens. What are the facts?

 
President Donald Trump speaks at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute summit in Miami Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump warns Zelenskyy to quickly negotiate war’s end with Russia or risk not having a nation to lead

 
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, walks with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as they meet at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

US top diplomat Rubio visits the UAE after landmark talks with Russia over Ukraine war

 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference in Kyiv, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Tetiana Dzhafarova/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump and Zelenskyy trade barbs as US-Ukraine relations sour over the war with Russia

 
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attend an interview after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

A deeper look at the talks between US and Russian officials as Trump suggests Ukraine is to blame

 
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, third left, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, left, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, second right, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Russia and US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war in a remarkable diplomatic shift

 
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday Feb. 17, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

A jolt for Europe in Munich and a critical week ahead as US and Russia are set to meet on Ukraine

 
In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade press service, Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire an MRLS BM-21 'Grad' towards Russian army positions near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade via AP)

Top Russian and American officials will hold talks on ending the Ukraine war without Kyiv

 
United States Vice-President JD Vance and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

European leaders want a say in talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. The US is brushing them off

 
In this photograph, released by the state-run WAM news agency, United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, talk during their meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (WAM via AP)

Zelenskyy travels to UAE as momentum grows for talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine

 
President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Ukraine and Europe worry about being sidelined as Trump pushes direct talks with Russia on war’s end

 
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tours Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday Feb. 16, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein, Pool Photo via AP)

Rubio leading US delegation to Saudi Arabia for talks with Russia on Ukraine, according to AP source

 
Alexander Stubb, President of Finland speaks as part of a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Europe tries to muscle up as US plots mediation to help end Russia’s war in Ukraine

 
United States Vice-President JD Vance and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

US presented Ukraine with a document to access its minerals but offered almost nothing in return

 
President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump moves with dizzying speed on his to-do list. But there are warning signs in his first month

 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, attends a meeting with United States Vice-President JD Vance on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Zelenskyy calls for ‘armed forces of Europe’ as EU leaders bristle at new US policies on Ukraine

 
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