European leaders got here out with sweeping help for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following the explosive Oval Workplace assembly through which President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance gave harsh reprimands and accused him of being “disrespectful.”
A number of leaders took to social media to again Ukraine and to remind Washington that Russian President Vladimir Putin is the Russia-Ukraine battle’s “aggressor,” not Zelenskyy.
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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the White Home in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 28, 2025. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
European Union
The EU’s chief diplomat, Kaja Kallas, had a few of the strongest phrases of rebuke for Trump and mentioned, “We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the aggressor.”
“Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader,” she added. “It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.”
France
“There is an aggressor: Russia. There is a victim: Ukraine,” mentioned French President Emmanuel Macron, who simply met with Trump this week in D.C. “We were right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago – and to keep doing so.”
“By ‘we,’ I mean the Americans, the Europeans, the Canadians, the Japanese, and many others,” he added.
United Kingdom
Although UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer, who additionally met with Trump this week, has remained publicly silent following the geopolitical fallout, the chief of the U.Okay.’s Conservative Celebration, Kemi Badenoch, confirmed her help for Ukraine.
“Respectable diplomacy is essential for peace,” she mentioned in a put up on X. “We need to remember that the villain is the war criminal President Putin who illegally invaded another sovereign country – Ukraine.
“A divided West solely advantages Russia,” she continued. “Any peace settlement have to be negotiated with Ukraine on the desk, and can want safety ensures. We can not lose sight of the truth that tonight air raid sirens are sounding in Ukraine.”
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Norway
“What we noticed from the White Home right this moment is severe and disheartening,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said in a statement according to Reuters. “Ukraine nonetheless wants the US’s help, and Ukraine’s safety and future are additionally essential to the US and to Europe.
“That Trump accuses Zelenskyy of gambling with World War III is deeply unreasonable and a statement I distance myself from,” he mentioned. “Norway stands with Ukraine in their struggle for freedom.”
Poland
“Dear Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone,” mentioned Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on X.
Germany
Germany’s new conservative chief, incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz, who has mentioned he seeks “independence” from the U.S., mentioned, “Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, we stand with Ukraine in good and in testing times. We must never confuse aggressor and victim in this terrible war.”
Notably, nations that sometimes stand robust with Trump, like Turkey’s Recep Erdogan and Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, didn’t launch a public assertion following the day’s occasions.
Trump and Zelensky met right this moment to barter a preliminary settlement on sharing Ukraine’s mineral sources that Trump says will enable America to recoup assist offered to Kyiv whereas supporting Ukraine’s economic system. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures)
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Russia
Although Russian officers did voice their help for a way the day unfolded.
Former Russian President and present deputy chair of Russia’s safety council, Dmitry Medvedev, took to X to name Zelenskyy an “insolent pig” and claimed he “finally got a proper slap down in the Oval Office.”
“And Donald Trump is right: The Kyiv regime is ‘gambling with WWIII’,” he added.
Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau threw his weight behind Ukraine as nicely and mentioned, “Russia illegally and unjustifiably invaded Ukraine.
“For 3 years now, Ukrainians have fought with braveness and resilience,” he added, suggesting NATO allies may back Kyiv over Washington. “Their struggle for democracy, freedom, and sovereignty is a struggle that issues to us all. Canada will proceed to face with Ukraine and Ukrainians in reaching a simply and lasting peace.”
