With Trump and Ukraine, Europe’s Leaders Are Playing a Long Game NYT | Top Stories 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.
Europe Aims to Show It Is Ready to Secure Postwar Ukraine NYT | Top Stories Catherine Porter and Steven Erlanger 4 September 2025 at 17:30 President Emmanuel Macron of France is hosting a meeting of leaders who will review options for protecting any peace with Russia. © Sarah Meyssonnier/ReutersPresident Emmanuel Macron of France, right, with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the Élysée Palace in Paris, on Thursday.