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In today’s newsletter: With the possibility of major concessions on the table, Zelenskyy sidelined and Europe on edge, the stakes have never been higher

A superpower that once built alliances across the west is dramatically reorienting itself – and so too must its former allies, writes Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: If Ukraine is effectively indefensible, for lack of American support, then Europe as a whole is far weaker – and Nato is dangerously undermined

Statements that there can be no negotiations without Kyiv ring hollow when the US president has just sidelined it

US defence secretary suggests cutting number of American troops in Europe could even be part of a deal with Russia

Editorial: The US president wants to end this war – and is happy to do so on Russian terms

Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, spoke for much of the European diplomatic community when she reacted to news of Donald Trump’s phone chat with Vladimir Putin: “This is the way the Trump administration operates,” she declared. “This is not how others do foreign policy, but this is now the…

It was left to the poor junior defence minister Maria Eagle to walk that particular tightrope in the Commons

President Trump prioritizes investment and economic benefits in US-Ukraine relations, focusing on leveraging Ukraine's rare earth minerals.