European officials drafting proposals for a Ukraine peacekeeping force acknowledged that Europe must "get real" about the possibility of U.S. President Donald Trump abandoning support for Kyiv, the Telegraph reported on May 31 citing undisclosed sources.

A bipartisan pair of US senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday and urged stronger sanctions against Russia, while uncertainty swirls over whether the next round of peace talks will move ahead in the coming days.

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Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the two countries would also start a joint program to produce long-range weapons that Kyiv can use against Russian targets.

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Aiming to create a "buffer zone," Russian forces have seized villages near Sumy, Ukraine’s northern regional capital. As 50,000 Russian troops accumulate on Ukraine’s border, the Sumy region prepares for a renewed large-scale offensive. More than 200 settlements are under evacuation orders after Russia advanced deeper into Ukrainian territory.

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According to the report, there is growing concern that U.S. President Donald Trump will follow through on his threat to abandon Washington’s mediator role and end efforts to bring Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.