European leaders threw their support behind Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The row came after a raised-voice spat on Friday with US President Donald Trump. Trump accused the Ukrainian leader of \”not being ready for peace\” and having \”disrespected\” the U.S. The spat cast doubts over efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.Here are some of the political reactions from around the world to the spat. The European Union’s top diplomat questioned the United States leadership of the transatlantic alliance between European powers and Washington. The US Senate accused Trump and his Vice President JD Vance of siding with Putin with \”dirty work\” and siding only with the Russian president. The Canadian government said it was only fighting for freedom, not freedom for its own citizens, in the Ukraine war. The U.N. Security Council called for an end to the \”war of aggression that Russia has started\” in Ukraine. The EU’s chief diplomat Kaja Kallas said the free world \”needs a new leader\” and called for a summit to tackle the Ukraine crisis \”without delay\”
