Elbridge Colby, US undersecretary of defence for policy, tells European allies that the bulk of responsibility will fall on Europe, say reports

Three days on from the White House summit on Ukraine, the signals are no longer as positive as US president Donald Trump would have wanted us to believe.

Overnight, Politico reported that the US undersecretary of defence for policy, Elbridge Colby,told European allies that the US would only offer minimal guarantees for Ukraine, with most burden left for Europe to pick up.

“ A response is needed to this. There is still no signal from Moscow that they are really going to go into meaningful negotiations and end this war. Pressure is needed. Strong sanctions, strong tariffs.”