The Guardian view on the London defence summit: standing up for Ukraine | Editorial
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Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:30:23 +0200
Through a combination of soft and hard power, Europe must seek to ensure Kyiv has agency and a voice in peace negotiationsAfter last Fridays disgraceful roughhouse treatment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, delivered a pithy summary of first principles regarding the first fullscale war between nation states on European soil since 1945.
There is an aggressor Russia, Mr Macron observed on social media, There is a victim Ukraine.
We were right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago and to keep doing so.That this needed saying underlines the extent to which Donald Trumps administration is laying waste to decadesold assumptions governing transatlantic relations.
Appearing to prioritise a reset of the US relationship with Russia over international law and the unity of the west, Mr Trump is pursuing a peace deal with Moscow on Vladimir Putins terms.
At the same time he is seeking to plunder Ukraines natural resources, while demanding obeisance and gratitude from Kyiv in return.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here.
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