Zelenskyy offers no apology to Trump and says row brought nothing positive

Ukraine’s president says after Oval Office meltdown that when delicate talks are in public ‘foes can take advantage’

Monday briefing: UK and Europe pick up the pieces after White House car crash

In today’s newsletter: After Friday’s clash meeting in the Oval Office between Trump and Zelenskyy, Keir Starmer and his European allies will try to broker the peace Ukraine desperately needs

European defence stocks surge as arms manufacturers eye orders boom

Big rises for BAE, Rheinmetall, Thales and Leonardo amid European push to support possible Ukraine peace deal

Peter Mandelson’s Ukraine comments ‘not government policy’, minister says

Ambassador to US rebuffed for saying Zelenskyy should give ‘unequivocal backing’ to Trump’s peace efforts

UK and France suggest partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine

Such a truce would determine whether Putin is ‘acting in good faith’, French foreign minister says

Tories compare Nigel Farage to Jeremy Corbyn over Ukraine war

Reform leader accused of ‘equivocating over Russia’s illegal war’ after criticising Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Russian state propagandists overjoyed at Anora’s Oscar triumph

The film’s five Academy Awards seen as act of normalisation by commentators in country still persecuting critics of its war on Ukraine . Anora dominates the Oscars as Mikey Madison named best actress. How Anora swept the Oscars

UK-France tensions over plan to seize $350bn Russia assets for US arms

Macron fears approach would breach principle of immunity of sovereign assets and undermine efforts to strengthen European defence

Trump outraged at Zelenskyy saying end of Russia-Ukraine war could be ‘very far away’

US president responds to Ukrainian president’s most recent interview, following blow-up in the Oval Office last week

Western countries must keep military aid flowing to Ukraine, Starmer warns

PM tells MPs that Kyiv will need money and weapons even after a peace deal as US considers stopping support

Slim majority of Americans support Ukraine, poll finds

Poll conducted before meeting with Trump and Zelenskyy says 52% of respondents ‘personally support’ Ukraine

Britain is back: did Ukraine crisis talks create a post-Brexit turning point?

Keir Starmer won praise for taking the UK ‘back to the heart of Europe’ at the weekend, but will it be a long-term move?

White House directs officials to draft proposal to lift US sanctions on Russia

Sources say work on so-called ‘options paper’ comes as Trump seeks to restore Moscow ties and end Ukraine war

King Charles ‘determined to play part’ in diplomacy as he welcomes Trudeau

Monarch keen to put his soft power to use amid Trump’s incendiary rhetoric on Canada and tension over Ukraine

US suspends all military aid to Ukraine, reports say, in wake of Trump-Zelenskyy row

Decision affects ammunition, vehicles and other equipment including weapons in transit

Albanese says Australian government now ‘open to consideration’ of sending troops to Ukraine

Prime minister departs from government’s earlier stance that support for possible ‘coalition of the willing’ was ‘not under consideration’

JD Vance says US economic interests in Ukraine the best way to guarantee its security

Vice-president says best way to prevent another Russian invasion is to ‘give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine’

Russia sending ‘suicidal missions’ to win foothold over Dnipro River, says Ukraine

Moscow trying to improve its claim to entire Kherson region in time for peace negotiations, says governor

Ukraine reacts with defiance and anger to Trump withdrawal of military aid

White House’s latest punitive move against Ukraine would lead to ‘joy in Moscow’, say journalists and commentators

EU plan to bolster Europe’s defences could raise €800bn for Ukraine

‘We are ready to step up’ says Ursula von der Leyen after US suspends military aid to Ukraine