Following a very public clash with US President Donald Trump at the White House, Ukraine’s Volodmi Zelancesi gave a royal reception to Britain, as the United Kingdom and the European Union demonstrated him his “unwavering” support. The Ukrainian President is to attend a summit organized by the UK Prime Minister Keer Stormer in London, where he is set to keep an official audience in Sandringham.
Friday’s extraordinary scenes at the Oval Office will now dominate the agenda of Zelanceci’s visit to London, and Europe and Ukraine resumed the conversation on how the US could get back as a security guarantor for any peace deal with Russia.
Since the White House Ro Ro, European leaders, including the people of Germany, France, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands, have posted social media messages supporting Ukraine – Zelanski directly replied to each one to thank you for their support.
The sudden deity of other Trump administration with Russia, which began with a phone call between Trump and Putin, and then the European people and Ukraine’s initial talks with senior Russian officials to end the war, before the derogatory scenes in the White House, shocked the European governments with fear that the United States could leave Europe completely.
They are concerned that if the Trump administration forces a weak peace deal on Ukraine, it will embrace Russia, making Moscow a major threat to the rest of Europe. The change in the attitude of America has achieved more essential self -sufficiency for Europe than ever.
European concerns
According to a New York Times report, the United States has spent about $ 114 billion for Ukraine alone since the beginning of the war, compared to Europe’s $ 132 billion.
Without American support, if the Russia breaks the ceasefire agreement, the possibility of stopping the Karlin forces will be significantly reduced, except European soldiers in Ukraine – Ukrainian infrastructure deployed at infrastructure sites – more exposed to check Russian aggression.
Therefore, despite Friday’s decline, Ukraine is still seeking a safety guarantee from Washington to prevent Russia from resumption of its war in the near future.
In fact, the top European officials are meeting to discuss defense this week, first in London, and then on Thursday at a special summit of the European Council at Brussels at a special summit to discuss the European Union’s resolution, first discussed the proposal to faster than expected, and to defend more clearly potential security guarantee for Ukraine.
The construction of an independent European defense architecture is another and long -term security concern for Europe. Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, the US still maintains more than 30 military bases across Europe, including Germany and Britain, where more than 60,000 military personnel are deployed.
According to NYT report, the European Union nations have increased their military expenses in recent years – spending 30 percent more last year than in 2021. Despite this, some NATO countries, including France and Germany, still have less than the targets of members, who spend 2 percent or more of their GDP on defense, leaving the alliance in the US.
Trump’s US has made it clear that it wants Europe to spend more on its own defense, and become majority stakeholders in maintaining peace in Ukraine.
“It’s not appropriate or durable,” US Secretary Marco Rubio said in an interview with Fox News this week that describing the role played this week that the US has played NATO in funding for years,
However, Europe will take years to manufacture arms systems and abilities, which is really necessary to be independently independent. But Friday’s line has inspired the call for rapid action, some European leaders hope that even the countries who have been reluctant to increase defense spending and support for Ukraine will now now meet the board with a more ambitious approach.
French President Emmanuel Macron, posted on social media, said, “A powerful Europe, we need it.” “Now there is a boom.”
