European leaders said President Trump offered his backing during a call they held ahead of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.

European Council President António Costa has outlined the three key messages that US President Donald Trump delivered during extensive online talks with European leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US officials on 13 August.

Ukraine and its European backers insist that the United States and Russia cannot decide on land swaps behind their backs at a summit this week in Alaska

Expectations are fairly low heading into Friday's meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but quite a lot is on the line for European construction companies.

US President Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on other countries that buy Russian oil, in an attempt to pressure Moscow to end the war in Ukraine. But the United States and Europe themselves are still doing billions of dollars in trade with Russia.

Ukraine's largest mobile operator Kyivstar successfully tested Starlink's Direct to Cell satellite technology, allowing text messages sent directly from smartphones via satellite, as announced by the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Kyivstar parent company Veon.

As President Trump talks of land swaps, Ukrainians find it difficult to imagine giving up the Donbas, for military, humanitarian and political reasons.

The issue of ending the war launched by Russia cannot be resolved without the participation of Ukraine and Europe, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said in an interview with the BBC. According to him, after the end of Joe Biden's presidency ...