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John T Psaropoulos

‘It’s all theatre’: How are Europe and the US pulling apart on Ukraine?

The leader of Germany's CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Jens Spahn, and General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party Matthias Miersch visit the site of recent Russian assaults, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 1, 2025 [Thomas Peter/Reuters]

Since their summit with United States President Donald Trump in the White House on August 18, Kyiv’s European and regional allies have begun to nail down commitments to a peacekeeping force that would enter Ukraine after a ceasefire is reached in the war that Russia began three and a half years ago.

They aim to collect those commitments by the end of the week.

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