Moscow hailed Trump’s decision, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov calling it a “solution which could really push the Kyiv regime to a peace process”.
The European Union, which – along with Ukraine – is excluded from US-Russian negotiations towards a potential truce, has been scrambling to bolster support for Kyiv.
The urgency heightened with last week’s Trump-Zelenskyy clash when Trump warned his Ukrainian counterpart “won’t be around very long” without a ceasefire deal.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday presented an EU plan to mobilise some 800 billion euros ($840 billion) for Europe’s defence.
The funding, she said, would “massively step up” support to Ukraine and provide it “immediate military equipment”.
The EU on Thursday is to hold an emergency summit aimed at cementing joint European support for Ukraine.
