European leaders will once again try to grasp control of negotiations over the war in Ukraine on Thursday, in an increasingly frantic tug-of-war against the US and Russia that could be nearing a climax.

European countries have intensified talks on sending peacekeepers to Ukraine to monitor and enforce a possible ceasefire. There is no unity among European countries on the issue, with some of them openly opposing the idea.

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday that the US has paused weapons shipments and intelligence support to Ukraine following the clash in the Oval office between President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump last Friday.

The US has cut off intelligence sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces. The step follows the decision on Monday by Donald Trump’s administration to suspend military aid deliveries to Ukraine and comes after a dramatic breakdown in relations between the US president and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The US president read out a letter he said he'd received from his Ukrainian counterpart, in which he agreed to "come to the negotiating table".

I received an important letter from President Zelenskiy of Ukraine. The letter reads, 'Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians,

U.S. President Donald Trump paused military aid to Ukraine following last week's clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, potentially hampering Ukraine's efforts to fend off Russia as he pivots towards warmer relations with Moscow.