Donald Trump has suggested it will be Europe that ‘make[s] sure nothing happens” in Ukraine when it comes to security, after he said that Vladimir Putin would be happy to see peacekeeping forces on the ground in the event of a deal being struck to end the war.
The US’s role in any future deal is likely to be among the topics up for discussion later this week when Sir Keir Starmer heads to Washington for talks, after he reiterated his calls for a US “backstop” to any deal.
