The US must support Ukraine now more than ever, as Putin is responding to peace proposals by escalating attacks on Ukrainian cities. At the same time, backing Ukraine serves America's strategic interests — regardless of what "twisted ideologues" in the Pentagon might say,

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on the phone on Thursday about arms deliveries to Ukraine, a spokesperson for the German leaders told Reuters. Merz initiated the call with Trump,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he held a "very important and fruitful conversation" with US President Donald Trump on Friday against the backdrop of a partial freeze in US arms deliveries.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Union’s top diplomat that Beijing can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine as this could allow the United States to turn its full attention to China,

China cannot afford for Russia to lose the war in Ukraine, Beijing’s foreign minister has said, in unguarded comments to European officials.