Europe's big guns sideline the EU to get real on Ukraine | Politico |

As Europe grapples with its deepest security crisis ⁉️ [WTF] since 1945, a small group of the continent's leading powers took a radical step: They dumped the traditional craving for 27-nation consensus at Brussels summits and tried to sort out the mess themselves. 

French President Emmanuel Macron's mini-summit in Paris brought together the leaders of Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Denmark and even the United Kingdom -- which left the European Union five years ago. [NATO's SG Rutte was invited plus new Dutch PM Dick Schoof ... hybrid warfare expert AIVD]

But there was no invitation for Hungary's Viktor Orbán, Slovakia's Robert Fico -- or others deemed too sympathetic to Moscow to be helpful in an emergency. Smaller EU states such as Latvia and Estonia were also excluded, even though they're among the bloc's most hawkish members on dealing with Russia. 

Elysee brief statement after mini Summit  risks Europe w Trump

(Bloomberg) -- France is planning to hold a second meeting on Ukraine and European security on Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron told local French newspapers.

La grandeur du Palais de l'Elysée à Paris

On the phone with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to review the situation in the Near and Middle East

Finally, I spoke with the Crown Prince about Russia's war in Ukraine and the role Saudi Arabia could play in fostering a solid and lasting peace, with Europeans at the center of the process.

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Trump Slams Comments Made by Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy 'better move fast' or he won’t have a country left - Trump | Sky News |

In a Truth Social post Donald Trump wrote Ukraine’s Zelenskyy “better move fast” or he won’t have a country left. Trump added that Zelenskyy had “done a terrible job” and called him a dictator “without elections”.

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