"News that a highly anticipated meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been put on hold will offer some relief to Ukraine's EU allies, who were left rattled by the prospect of the bloc's most Russia-friendly member playing host to talks on the future of Europe's security. Key summits in Brussels and London later this week could now test Europe's capacity to deliver as it tries to unlock fresh financial support for Kyiv,"
""Russia's stalling tactics have shown time and time again that Ukraine is the only party serious about peace. We can all see that Putin continues to choose violence and destruction," the leaders of Ukraine, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Finland, Denmark, Spain, Sweden plus top EU officials wrote in a statement on Tuesday."
""The only place for Putin in Europe, that's in The Hague in the tribunal. Not in any of our capitals," Lithuania's top diplomat Kestutis Budrys told reporters in Luxembourg on Monday, adding: "There is no place for war criminals in Europe.""
EU allies welcomed the postponement of a planned meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin amid concern that hosting talks in a Russia-friendly EU member would legitimize Putin. Upcoming summits in Brussels and London could test Europe's ability to mobilize fresh financial support for Kyiv and to pressure Moscow. European leaders called out Russia's stalling tactics, asserted Ukraine's seriousness about peace, and pledged to ramp up economic pressure and target Russia's defense industry. Leaders are developing measures to use immobilized Russian sovereign assets to provide resources to Ukraine. Many officials insist that Putin has no place in European capitals.
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