Europeans rally around Zelenskyy but will struggle to formulate a plan to defend Ukraine

Make a deal with Russia or we're out.

Trump scolded Zelensky in a tense Oval Office exchange, telling him to be more 'thankful' and warning

Mineral-rich Congo pitches Trump on security deal akin to Ukraine,

by POLITICO E&E News’ Hannah Northey

Earlier on Thursday, unnamed U.S. and Russian officials convened in Istanbul to discuss ways to strengthen diplomatic ties,

reports NYT’s Nataliya Vasilyeva

I think we will be using that framework as a guidepost to get a peace deal done between Ukraine and Russia.”

This week, in remarks that chilled Kyiv, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said

I would like you to do us a favor,

A few minutes later, while talking about support for Ukraine to combat a Russian-backed separatist military movement in the eastern part of the country, Trump dangled aid, offering it as a transaction ... he said

We wanted to drain the swamp here in our country,

Zelenskyy said

Victoria Spartzrepresentative

I do not require my official staff to do any political activities at all and I am tired of you writing lies,

Spartz denies these allegations ... Spartz told Adam when presented with the reporting in the article