After the summit of EU leaders in Brussels to discuss European defense, Macron told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin 'is an imperialist who seeks to rewrite history.'

The US is destroying the rules-based world order by cozying up to the Putin regime in Russia, Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK says.“It's not just the axis of evil and Russia” disrupting the global system but “the US is finally destroying this order”,

Macron said in his television address that France will have to spend more on defense and will continue to assist Ukraine. He stated that he hoped to get America's support on these

France’s prime minister has torn into U.S. President Donald Trump’s Oval Office thrashing of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by calling it a staggering show of “brutality.”

Russia will seek a peace deal in Ukraine that safeguards its own long-term security and will not retreat from the gains it has made in the conflict, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in comments to relatives of soldiers killed there.

"Even while Russia talks about peace, they are continuing their relentless aggression," Starmer said at the meeting.

Vance’s comments came in an interview recorded hours before a White House official confirmed on Monday evening that Trump had directed a pause of U.S. assistance to Ukraine as he seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in negotiations to end the war with Russia.