Russia’s greatest military asset is not any bomb, tank, plane or ship. It is the Republican Party.
‘He defended our honour’: Ukraine reacts to Zelenskyy’s clash with Trump – Back home there was widespread support for Ukraine’s president, but also dismay at his car-crash encounter in the Oval Office. Ukrainians have rallied behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his mauling on Friday in the White House, and have accused Donald Trump and the US vice-president, JD Vance, of deliberately and cynically “starting a brawl”. There was widespread support for Ukraine’s president at home and dismay at his car-crash encounter in the Oval Office. There was also praise for Zelenskyy’s insistence that a peace deal without security guarantees was meaningless, and that Russia could not be trusted. [The Guardian, March 1, 2025, Luke Harding]
“Leaders from across Europe came quickly to the defense of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after his televised clash with President Trump and Vice President Vance. Many of them publicly pushed back against the Trump administration’s perceived alignment with Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin and the apparent browbeating of Zelenskyy while he was inside the Oval Office on Friday.” [NPR.org, Willem Marx, Eleanor Beardsley, March 1, 2025 – European leaders renew support for Ukraine after Zelenskyy’s stormy meeting with Trump]
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