With Trump and Ukraine, Europe’s Leaders Are Playing a Long Game NYT | Top Stories By: Jim Tankersley 5 September 2025 at 12:01 Leaders on the continent are trying to show the U.S. president that they are serious about laying the groundwork to end the war — and that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is not. © David Guttenfelder/The New York TimesThe parking lot of an apartment block in the area of Kharkiv, Ukraine, after Russian aerial bombs exploded in July.
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