Sir Keir Starmer, the UK Prime Minister, showed his support for the Ukrainian President on Saturday and embraced him as he arrived at No 10.
Here, The i Paper talks to experts to look at the scenarios for how the Ukraine war could actually end.
Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a former commander of UK and Nato CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) forces, said the UK and France have to do the “heavy lifting” in terms of getting a peace deal over the line.
“They have these outbursts and then change their mind.”
Galeotti, who is also director of the consultancy Mayak Intelligence, said Putin sees European leaders as Ukrainian allies arming the country rather than a neutral mediator – as Trump is presenting himself – who can broker a deal that would be acceptable to both sides.
Trump and Zelensky could patch things up and sign crucial minerals deal
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Zelensky should “apologise” to Trump, but the Ukrainian President has so far not done so.
He called on the Ukrainian president to sign the minerals deal – a commercial and economic agreement that would give the US access to the country’s deposits of rare earth minerals – and “get back on the same page” as Trump.
He also suggested that Ukraine should commit to a ceasefire before Russia.
Friday’s Oval Office meeting soured after the US Vice-President JD Vance – who was sitting in the room – told Zelensky that the war had to be ended through diplomacy.
If a reconciliation did occur, the minerals deal that Zelensky and Trump were about to sign could be back on the table.
But Galleotti doubts it would be the effective deterrent Trump claims it would be.
“This doesn’t happen overnight, if it happens at all. Are they really going to be wanting to get involved in what is still a live war zone?”
Russia would be wary of continuing to attack Ukraine in a way that damages American economic interests, however it could still make targeted attacks that avoid this, he added.
The UK, France and some Nordic countries have indicated they are willing to provide troops on the ground in Ukraine.
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He said Germany has had a “change in tone” and may come forward to help, and while Italy and Greece have not been forthcoming so far, they do have “considerable air power”.
Trump has indicated he wants to stop funding Ukraine in its war with Russia.
“There’s not a huge enthusiasm to dramatically increase the amount of resources that they’re putting into this,” Galeotti said of European leaders. “But let’s say they do. It still is going to take time. You cannot, in effect, raise armies as if you’re just buying something off Amazon Prime.”
World War Three remains a risk
Trump’s actions “absolutely” risk World War Three, said de Bretton-Gordon.
But Galeotti does not believe a conflict with advanced Western nations, who are part of Nato, “features anywhere” on Putin’s “to-do list”. Putin is already struggling to defeat Ukraine, so attacking a country like Poland, which is arming itself at a rapid rate, would be even more difficult for him.
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