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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Europe must do whatever it can to keep Mr Trump from siding with the Kremlin

One week after he was roughed up, shaken down and thrown out of the White House, Volodymyr Zelensky finds himself once again among dear friends, not least Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.

Reassured by strong words when he attended the international security conference in London at the weekend, his presence at the emergency European Summit in Brussels probably helped the 27 national leaders present, albeit some reluctantly, to offer Ukraine more tangible help.

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