We are at that moment in Animal Farm when the gentle carthorse Clover looks through the window to see the pigs playing cards and drinking a toast with men.

Speaking in Munich last week, America’s vice-president, J.D. Vance, offered a taste of how the home of fine wines, classical architecture and welfare cheques faces humiliation, when he ridiculed Europe as decadent and undemocratic.

The fate of Trump’s push to end the war will ultimately rest on whether his swift pace can accommodate critical details of a peace that allows Ukraine to survive, secures the bo

The largest conflict on the European continent since World War II is at a turning point ahead of Monday’s third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Such a solution would conjure a cruel historical irony. Putin, who watched in despair from his post as a KGB officer in Dresden as the Soviet Union dissolved, may be on the verge of creating a new East Germany in 21st century Europe with America’s help.

President Donald Trump last week indicated that discussions had started around a summit to address how to end the Ukraine war.

Trump has humiliated Europe and criticized them for relying on the U.S. for security without contributing adequately to their defence budgets. As U.S. and American officials move forward with the talks,

US President Donald Trump’s “lengthy and highly productive” phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has sparked fears in Europe of a “dirty deal” being struck to end the war in Ukraine on terms favorable to Moscow without Kyiv’s involvement.