Over the first weekend of March, European and other western leaders came together at a summit in London to reiterate their support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. After the summit the UK and France are set to come up with a peace plan, which they said they would discuss with the US.
The warmth with with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was greeted at the summit --with a hug from UK Premier Keir Starmer and warm smile from King Charles--stood in stark contrast with his reception at the White House the previous week.
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Following the exchange, Zelenskyy was reportedly asked to leave the White House, and a planned press conference between the two leaders was cancelled.
This comes as Trump has repeatedly voiced frustration over the scale of U.S. military aid to Ukraine, and has said he wants European countries to spend more on security assistance to Ukraine. The key issue now is whether Trump will move to curtail U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine. While he previously suggested in December that he might scale down military aid upon taking office, that is yet to happen. Since January 2022, Ukraine has received approximately $407 billion in aid, with the U.S. alone providing over $118 billion.
As Russia라이브 바카라 invasion of Ukraine enters its third year, Ukraine appears to be losing. According to , more than 40,000 civilians have been killed or injured in Ukraine during the conflict. Among the confirmed deaths, at least 6,203 were adult men and 669 were children.
Military losses are harder to verify, as both Russia and Ukraine tightly control information and often release figures that differ widely from independent assessments. Estimates suggest that more than 800,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or severely wounded, making this one of Russia라이브 바카라 deadliest conflicts since World War II.
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Territorially, since the 2022 invasion, Ukraine has lost control of about 11 per cent per cent of its land, according to of data from the Institute for the Study of War, a US-based conflict monitor. When taking into account land already lost to Russia and Russian-backed separatists, the total land Ukraine has lost to Russia since 2014 is about 20 per cent. Ukrainian forces hold a small portion of Russian land seized in a cross-border incursion into Russia라이브 바카라 Kursk region in August 2024.
With no end in sight, the fighting remains intense in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have regained control of Toretsk, a key town in Donetsk, while intense clashes continue around the town of Pokrovsk. The town is considered a gateway to some of the most heavily fortified areas still under Ukraine라이브 바카라 control in the region. In other parts of eastern Ukraine, Russian troops are advancing slowly and making small territorial gains.
