THE VISIT of 4 European leaders to Kyiv on Might tenth was billed as a turning level. Britain’s prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, described Ukraine’s provide of an unconditional 30-day ceasefire—and the problem to Russia to reciprocate—as bringing peace nearer than at any level within the final three years. The purpose was to focus on that Russia is the celebration that also desires warfare, and to encourage President Donald Trump to exert larger strain on the Kremlin. By the point Vladimir Putin spoke in a televised handle within the early hours of Might eleventh—bluntly ignoring the ultimatum whereas providing direct negotiations laden with a number of strings—the second had misplaced all readability. Mr Trump’s social-media response, hailing a “doubtlessly nice day”, undercut the Europeans’ insistence that he had been on board from the beginning.
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