Donald Trump's inauguration is focusing minds on a future peace plan for Ukraine, with much talk of European armies providing a military mission. French President Emmanuel Macron has been a particularly strong advocate of boots on the ground -- but there are considerable obstacles.

For Trump, that most likely means living up to his own promises of ending the war – at least, for now – while, for Putin, it means weakening Ukraine and taking as much of its land as he can. Giles also warned: “Putin has given every indication during Trump’s first presidency that he knew precisely how to play him in order to get the maximum possible benefit function.

The European Union is ready to take the lead in supporting Ukraine. However, Europe hopes that elected US President Donald Trump will not stop supporting Ukrainians, states Top European Union diplomat,

Top European Union diplomat Kaja Kallas said Thursday the EU would be ready to take the lead on supporting Ukraine if the United States was no longer willing.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha discussed support for Ukraine and areas of cooperation to help Syria and its people during a telephone conversation with EU High Representative Kaja Kallas.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU's foreign policy chief on Thursday said that she hopes the United States will keep supporting Ukraine after president-el

Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has stated that the European Union is prepared to take a leading role in helping Ukraine if US assistance falters. Source: European Pravda,

The European Union is ready to take the initiative to provide support to Ukraine if the U.S. no longer wants to do so.Politico writes this with reference to

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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Friday that there was no reason to drop sanctions against Russia, as Hungary holds up extending the measures pending Donald Trump's return to the White House.

The European Union is in talks to revive a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah following the announcement of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

"I'm really sure that all the other members, and hopefully also the United States, are ready to continue with the support to Ukraine," Kaja Kallas said as she headed to a meeting of countries ...