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UK and Norway start Arctic defense pact talks to combat Putin

Trump’s Ukraine plan is ‘close to surrender,’ warns ex-adviser John Bolton

West’s ‘crisis’ coalition grows as Trump rails against Zelenskyy

Trump’s America is Putin’s ally now

Belgian defense minister warns of ‘America alone’ diplomacy
Second crisis Ukraine summit planned for Wednesday
More EU leaders, plus Norway and Canada, are expected to attend, 48 hours after previous talks.
Moscow’s media gloats over US-Russia talks
The meeting in Saudi Arabia is seen by Kremlin acolytes as Putin coming back in from the cold.
Russia: Ukraine has a ‘sovereign right’ to join EU — but not NATO
Moscow “won’t dictate anything” to Kyiv, unless it’s related to military alliances.
Latvia’s president: ‘Never stop panicking’
Keep calm and carry on? Nah — everybody panic, Edgars Rinkēvičs advises.
Europe is on the brink of another financial crisis, German front-runner Merz warns
It’s “definitely coming,” he tells POLITICO ahead of the Feb. 23 election.
Europe’s big guns sideline the EU to get real on Ukraine
Macron’s mini-summit shunned Brussels’ normal obsession with consensus and revealed a new core with the region’s future in their hands.
Europe’s leaders find no quick response to Trump’s bombshell on Ukraine
Common ground proves elusive, including on sending peacekeepers.
Germany’s Scholz: It’s ‘inappropriate’ to discuss sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine
Ukraine doesn’t have to accept whatever peace plan Russia and the United States present, Scholz added.
Is Britain really ready to lead a Ukraine peacekeeping force?
Keir Starmer has made a big offer on European security, but the country’s army is hugely stretched.
EU-wide borrowing for defense a ‘no-brainer,’ says Spain’s finance minister
The bloc is grappling with a need to increase defense spending, amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden move to end the war in Ukraine.
Poland to Europe: Don’t play games with Trump, spend more on defense
The Polish PM is adamant that Europe must not break ties with the U.S.
Macron and Trump have ‘frank conversation’ minutes before European meeting on Ukraine
The call came before the French president welcomed a group of European leaders in Paris.
UK’s Starmer to meet Trump next week
Prime minister heads to Washington to meet with US president as European capitals fret over Ukraine’s future.
EU top brass plans Kyiv visit amid US-Russia talks
The trip will take place in a show of solidarity as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hits the three-year mark, one EU official said.
‘Freezing’ Ukraine war would allow Russia to threaten NATO, Latvian intelligence warns
Pausing hostilities, which U.S. President Trump has vowed to do, would free up Kremlin resources to threaten countries across the alliance, the report says.
Angry farmers push Poland away from Ukraine
After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.
UK ‘ready’ to send peacekeepers to Ukraine, PM Starmer says
Ahead of a crunch meeting in Paris on Monday, the U.K. leader commits to putting British troops in harm’s way to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine.
Putin likely to strike NATO nations next, Zelenskyy warns
The Ukrainian president says he won’t accept a peace agreement if his country is iced out of talks.
As US recedes, NATO scrambles to find a new leader
The Brits, French, and Germans all have their own ideas about how to defend the continent with America’s plans in flux.
The US said Ukraine would meet with Russia to discuss peace. That was news to Kyiv.
“I do not know what it is,” said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
France confirms emergency European summit Monday in Paris
The “main European countries” will discuss the continent’s security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said.
Scholz calls for reform of German debt brake right after election
The chancellor, who is trailing in the polls ahead of the Feb. 23 snap election, expressed confidence that Germany will have a parliamentary majority to loosen the debt brake.
Rutte: NATO spending target will be ‘considerably more than 3 percent’
“The U.S. is rightly asking for a rebalancing of that,” said Rutte. “It’s totally logical.”